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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
sinker
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noun
a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
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noun
a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
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noun
(= doughnut)
a small ring-shaped friedcake
cam
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noun
a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion
Cam
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noun
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River