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   floating

   /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. buoyant or suspended in water or air: "a floating platform" Similar buoyantbuoyed upnon-submergedon the surfaceabove waterafloatdriftinghoveringlevitatingsuspendedhangingdefying gravityOpposite sunkengrounded
   • 2. not settled permanently; fluctuating or variable: "floating exchange rates" Similar unsettlednot settlednot fixedtransienttemporaryvariablefluctuatingmigrantwanderingnomadicmovingon the movemigratorytravellingdriftingrovingroamingitinerantvagrantvagabondvariablechangeablechangingfluidfluctuatingfreenot fixedinformal:up and downOpposite settledfixed

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   What is a float in zoology?

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   The meaning of FLOATING is buoyed on or in a fluid. How to use floating in a sentence.

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   FLOATING definition: 1. not fixed in one position, place, or level: 2. used to refer to a part of the body that is out…. Learn more.

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   having little or no attachment to a particular place; moving from one place to another: a floating workforce. Pathology. away from its proper position, especially in a downward direction: a floating kidney. not fixed or settled in a definite place or state: a floating population. Finance.

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   Synonyms for FLOATING: afloat, sailing, hovering, drifting, buoyant, hanging, floaty, free-floating; Antonyms of FLOATING: sinking, sunk, high and dry, aground, settling, plunging, diving, lunging

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   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. a. Permitted to rise or fall in response to the market: a floating exchange rate; a floating interest rate.

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   1. having little or no attachment. 2. (of an organ or part) displaced from the normal position or abnormally movable. a floating kidney. 3. not definitely attached to one place or policy; uncommitted or unfixed. the floating vote. 4. finance. a. (of capital) not allocated or invested; available for current use. b.

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   to move gently on the surface of a liquid; drift along: The canoe floated downstream. to rest or move in a liquid, the air, etc.: a balloon floating on high. Synonyms: suspend, drift, waft, hover. to move lightly and gracefully: She floated down the stairs. to move or hover before the eyes or in the mind: