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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Floating \Float"ing\, a.
     1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a
        wreck; floating motes in the air.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating
        ribs in man and some other animals.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,
        floating capital; a floating debt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been
              withdrawn in great masses from the island.
                                                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Floating anchor (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.
        
  
     Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the
        hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the
        bombardment of a place.
  
     Floating bridge.
        (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor
            of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau
            bridge. See Bateau.
        (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one
            projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being
            moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops
            over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.
        (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by
            means of chains which are anchored on each side of a
            stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels
            being driven by stream power.
        (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.
  
     Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely
        in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the
        functions of the latter.
  
     Floating dam.
        (a) An anchored dam.
        (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.
  
     Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor
        use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor
        improvements, etc.
  
     Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
  
     Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored
        and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships
        riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.
  
     Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum
        lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water
        of American ponds.
  
     Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard
        with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.
  
     Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under
        Wandering.
  
     Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel
        moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners
        of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy
        or floating stage.
  
     Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under
        Wandering.
  
     Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and
        falls with the tide.
  
     Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which
        are not connected with the others in front; in man they
        are the last two pairs.
  
     Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first
        laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the
        coat.
  
     Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several
        other threads without being interwoven with them, in a
        woven fabric.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Floating \Float"ing\, n.
     1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
        placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
        fattening, plumping, and laying out.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Float \Float\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floated; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Floating.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float,
     swim, fr. fle['o]tan. See Float, n.]
     1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed
        up.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Three blustering nights, borne by the southern
              blast,
              I floated.                            --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to
        drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on
        the surface of a fluid, or through the air.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They stretch their broad plumes and float upon the
              wind.                                 --Pope.
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              There seems a floating whisper on the hills.
                                                    --Byron.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Floating \Float"ing\, n.
     The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
     placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
     fattening, plumping, and laying out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Float \Float\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floated; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Floating.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float,
     swim, fr. fle['o]tan. See Float, n.]
     1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed
        up.
  
              The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground.
                                                    --Milton.
  
              Three blustering nights, borne by the southern
              blast, I floated.                     --Dryden.
  
     2. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to
        drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on
        the surface of a fluid, or through the air.
  
              They stretch their broad plumes and float upon the
              wind.                                 --Pope.
  
              There seems a floating whisper on the hills.
                                                    --Byron.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Floating \Float"ing\, a.
     1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a
        wreck; floating motes in the air.
  
     2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating
        ribs in man and some other animals.
  
     3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,
        floating capital; a floating debt.
  
              Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been
              withdrawn in great masses from the island.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     Floating anchor (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.
        
  
     Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the
        hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the
        bombardment of a place.
  
     Floating bridge.
        (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor
            of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau
            bridge. See Bateau.
        (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one
            projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being
            moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops
            over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.
        (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by
            means of chains which are anchored on each side of a
            stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels
            being driven by stream power.
        (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.
  
     Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely
        in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the
        functions of the latter.
  
     Floating dam.
        (a) An anchored dam.
        (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.
  
     Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor
        use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor
        improvements, etc.
  
     Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
  
     Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored
        and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships
        riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.
  
     Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum
        lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water
        of American ponds.
  
     Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard
        with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.
  
     Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under
        Wandering.
  
     Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel
        moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners
        of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy
        or floating stage.
  
     Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under
        Wandering.
  
     Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and
        falls with the tide.
  
     Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which
        are not connected with the others in front; in man they
        are the last two pairs.
  
     Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first
        laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the
        coat.
  
     Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several
        other threads without being interwoven with them, in a
        woven fabric.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Floating \Float"ing\, n.
     1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
  
     2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  floating
       adj 1: continually changing especially as from one abode or
              occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer";
              "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the
              sixties" [syn: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant]
       2: inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
       3: (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out
          of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with
          the sternum"; "a floating kidney" [syn: floating(a)]
       4: not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating
          voters" [syn: floating(a)]
       5: borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still
          floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
       n : the act of someone who floats on the water

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floating
     a.
     1 That floats or float.
     2 Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
     3 (lb en linguistics of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant
  or vowel within its morpheme.
     n.
     1 The motion of something that floats.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
     vb.
     (present participle of en float nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  floating
     a.
     1 That floats or float.
     2 Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
     3 (lb en linguistics of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant
  or vowel within its morpheme.
     n.
     1 The motion of something that floats.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
     vb.
     (present participle of en float nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  floating
     a.
     1 That floats or float.
     2 Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
     3 (lb en linguistics of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant
  or vowel within its morpheme.
     n.
     1 The motion of something that floats.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
     vb.
     (present participle of en float nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  floating
     a.
     1 That floats or float.
     2 Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
     3 (lb en linguistics of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant
  or vowel within its morpheme.
     n.
     1 The motion of something that floats.
     2 (lb en in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
     vb.
     (present participle of en float nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floating
     Englanti a.
     1 uiva, uiskenteleva
     2 ajelehtiva
     3 kelluva
     4 liukuva, vaihtuva, liikkuva
     Englanti n.
     1 kelluminen
     2 uitto
     3 kelluke, lautta, kelluva esine

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floating
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en float ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb float)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Floating /flˈəʊtɪŋ/
  العوم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  floating //ˈfloʊtɪŋ// //ˈfləʊtɪŋ// 
  1. променлив
  not fixed
  2. плаващ
  that floats

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floating /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ 
  stěhovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floating /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ 
  plování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floating /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ 
  přechodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floating /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ 
  nestálý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floating /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ 
  plovoucí