"floating" Definition

Definitions for the word "floating" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. p. pr. & vb. n.
of Float
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The second coat of three-coat plastering.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adj.
Not settled; variable (floating population).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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