floating has definitions from the field of sport
1
[ adjective ] hanging or moving freely in air

Examples

"floating thistledown" "floating banners"

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moving

2
[ adjective ] not definitely committed to a party or policy

Examples

"floating voters"

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uncommitted

3
[ adjective ] inclined to move or be moved about

Examples

"a floating crap game"

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mobile

4
[ adjective ] (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position

Examples

"floating ribs are not connected with the sternum" "a floating kidney"

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unfixed

5
[ adjective ] continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

Examples

"a drifting double-dealer" "the floating population" "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

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unsettled

6
[ noun ] (sport) the act of someone who floats on the water
7
[ adjective ] borne up by or suspended in a liquid

Examples

"the ship is still floating" "floating logs" "floating seaweed"

Used in print

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

An extended cold_spell caused ice to build_up on the aerator which was mounted on a floating platform and caused the entire platform to sink lower in the water .

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afloat

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