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floating

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floating in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
    "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
    aimless  drifting  floating  vagabond  vagrant 
  2. borne up by or suspended in a liquid
    "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
    floating 
  3. inclined to move or be moved about
    "a floating crap game"
    floating 
  4. not definitely committed to a party or policy
    "floating voters"
    floating 
  5. (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"
    floating 
noun
  1. the act of someone who floats on the water
    floating  natation 
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