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floating
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adjective
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
the ship is still floating
floating logs
floating seaweed
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adjective
not definitely committed to a party or policy
floating voters
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adjective
inclined to move or be moved about
a floating crap game
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adjective
(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
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noun
the act of someone who floats on the water
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adjective
(= drifting, vagrant)
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
a drifting double-dealer
the floating population
vagrant hippies of the sixties
drilling
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noun
the act of drilling
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noun
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
unit
Noun
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One of a measure of something; the amount of something that is counted as "one".
Measure five units to the left.
$4 is the unit price.
A pound is a useful unit for thinking about amounts of butter.
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Form of measurement.
I prefer metric units.
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Item, used when no other word for something exists.
He set up the A/C unit.