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floating
noun
1 floating
The act of someone who floats on the water.
synonym: natation.
Dutch: het zwemmen
adjective
1 floating
Borne up by or suspended in a liquid.
Roget 405:
inaudible;
scarcely audible,
just audible;
low,
dull;
stifled,
muffled;
hoarse,
husky;
gentle,
soft,
faint;
floating;
purling,
flowing
etc.
v.;
whispered
etc.
v.;
liquid;
soothing;
dulcet
etc.
(melodious)
413;
susurrant†,
susurrous†.
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Roget 320:
light,
subtile,
airy;
imponderous†,
imponderable;
astatic†,
weightless,
ethereal,
sublimated;
gossamery;
suberose†,
suberous†;
uncompressed,
volatile;
buoyant,
floating
etc.
v.;
portable.
light as a feather,
light as a thistle,
light as air;
lighter than air;
rise like a balloon,
float like a balloon
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Roget 532:
many-tongued;
rumored;
publicly rumored,
currently rumored,
currently reported;
rife,
current,
floating,
afloat,
going about,
in circulation,
in every one's mouth,
all over the town.
in progress;
live;
on the spot;
in person.
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2 floating
Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another:
— The floating population.
synonyms: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant.
Polish: włóczęgowski
3 floating
Inclined to move or be moved about.
4 floating
of a part of the body Not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position.
5 floating
Not definitely committed to a party or policy.
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