Definition of floating

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Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..

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Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
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..
Fund :: Fund (v. t.) To put into the form of bonds or stocks bearing regular interest; as, to fund the floating debt..
Stiver :: Stive (n.) The floating dust in flour mills caused by the operation or grinding.
Pus :: Pus (a.) The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
Displacement :: Displacement (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body..
Natantly :: Natantly (adv.) In a floating manner; swimmingly.
Waveson :: Waveson (n.) Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea..
Floe :: Floe (n.) A low, flat mass of floating ice..
Natatory :: Natatory (a.) Adapted for swimming or floating; as, natatory organs..
Rack :: Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky..
Navigerous :: Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
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..
Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..
Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..
Floating :: Floating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Floa.
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