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float·ing  (fltng)
adj.
1. Buoyed on or suspended in or as if in a fluid.
2. Not secured in place; unattached.
3. Inclined to move or be moved about: a floating meeting; floating crap games.
4. Economics
a. Available for use; in circulation. Used of capital.
b. Short-term and usually unfunded. Used of a debt.
5. Designed or constructed to operate smoothly and without vibration.
6. Of or relating to an organ of the body that is movable or out of normal position: a floating kidney.

floating
Adjective
1. (of a population) moving about; not settled
2. (of an organ or part) displaced or abnormally movable: a floating kidney
3. (of a voter) not committed to one party
4. Finance
a. (of capital) available for current use
b. (of a currency) free to fluctuate against other currencies
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.floatingfloating - the act of someone who floats on the water
swim, swimming - the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"
dead-man's float, prone float - a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward
Adj.1.floating - borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
afloat - borne on the water; floating
2.floatingfloating - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
unsettled - not settled or established; "an unsettled lifestyle"
3.floating - inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator"
4.floating - (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"
unfixed - not firmly placed or set or fastened
5.floating - not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"
uncommitted - not bound or pledged

floating
adjective 1. uncommitted, wavering, undecided, indecisive, vacillating, sitting on the fence (informal) unaffiliated, independent
Translations
Spanish floating [ˈfləutɪŋ] adj floating vote → voto indeciso;
floating voter → votante m/f indeciso/a

French floating [ˈfləutɪŋ] adjflottant(e);
floating vote → voix flottante;
floating voter → électeur indécis

Italian floating [ˈfləutɪŋ] adja galla;
floating vote → voto oscillante;
floating voter → elettore m indeciso

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The child released its hold on the mother's hand, and floating slowly upward, remained poised in midair--a softly glowing presence shining out of the dark background of the trees.
The theory of the floating island, and the unapproachable sandbank, supported by minds little competent to form a judgment, was abandoned.
And presently she saw it, a long way off, floating on the water like a toy-boat.
 
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