Definitions for floating

(the act of someone who floats on the water)

(be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore")

(be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)

(set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond")

(circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform")

(move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage")

(put into the water; "float a ship")

(make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster")

(allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months")

(convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data")

(borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed")

(continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties")

(inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game")

((of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney")

(not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters")