Definition of floating

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Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..

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Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to evaporate..
Flotson :: Flotson (n.) Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; -- in distinction from jetsam or jetson..
Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury..
Floating :: Floating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floa.
Downstream :: Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
Duckweed :: Duckweed (n.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
Floating :: Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..
Supernatural :: Supernatation (n.) The act of floating on the surface of a fluid.
Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..
Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Floatingly :: Floatingly (adv.) In a floating manner.
Natatory :: Natatory (a.) Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs..
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..
Stiver :: Stive (n.) The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Three-coat :: Three-coat (a.) Having or consisting of three coats; -- applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, floating, and a finishing coat; or, as called in the United States, a scratch coat, browning, and finishing coat..
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