Floating
nnoun.actthe act of someone who floats on the waterSynset:natation
Derivationally Related Form:float
Hypernyms:swim swimming
Inherited Hypernyms:floatingswimmingwater sportsportdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:dead-man's floatprone float
Full Hyponyms:dead-man's float
vverb.motionbe in motion due to some air or water currentSynset:be adrift blow drift float
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:blowdrift
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:floattravel
Direct Hyponyms:streamtidewaft
Full Troponyms:streamtidewaft
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.motionbe afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottomSynset:float swim
Antonyms:sink
Derivationally Related Form:floatationflotationfloatingswimfloaterfloat
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:floattravel
Direct Hyponyms:buoy
Full Troponyms:buoy
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | These cars won't --- (apply to: swim, float)
vverb.motionset afloatExamples:- He floated the logs down the river
- The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
Derivationally Related Form:floatationflotationfloat
Hypernyms:transport
Inherited Hypernyms:floattransportmove
Direct Hyponyms:driftrefloattide
Full Troponyms:driftrefloattide
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | The girls --- the wooden sticks (apply to: float)
vverb.socialcirculate or discuss tentatively; test the waters withExamples:- The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform
Hypernyms:essay examine prove test try try out
Inherited Hypernyms:floattestevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.motionmove lightly, as if suspendedExamples:- The dancer floated across the stage
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:floattravel
Direct Hyponyms:ride
Full Troponyms:ride
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactput into the waterDerivationally Related Form:floatationflotationfloat
Hypernyms:launch
Inherited Hypernyms:floatlaunchpropelmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactmake the surface of level or smoothTopic:masonry
Hypernyms:smooth smoothen
Inherited Hypernyms:floatsmoothchange surfacechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionallow (currencies) to fluctuateExamples:- The government floated the ruble for a few months
Hypernyms:value
Inherited Hypernyms:floatvaluedetermine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeconvert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notationHypernyms:change over convert
Inherited Hypernyms:floatconvertchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allborne up by or suspended in a liquidExamples:- the ship is still floating
- floating logs
- floating seaweed
Antonyms:aground
Inherited Hypernyms:floating
Similar to:afloat
adj satadj.allcontinually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to anotherSynset:aimless drifting vagabond vagrant
Examples:- a drifting double-dealer
- the floating population
- vagrant hippies of the sixties
Antonyms:settled
Derivationally Related Form:aimlessnessvagrantvagabondvagrancy
Inherited Hypernyms:aimless
Similar to:unsettled
adj satadj.allinclined to move or be moved aboutAntonyms:immobile
Inherited Hypernyms:floating
Similar to:mobile
adj satadj.all(of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal positionExamples:- floating ribs are not connected with the sternum
- a floating kidney
Antonyms:fixed
Inherited Hypernyms:floating
Similar to:unfixed
adj satadj.allnot definitely committed to a party or policyAntonyms:committed
Inherited Hypernyms:floating
Similar to:uncommitted