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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
point
Noun
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A point is a position with no size, or a small dot.
These two lines meet at this point.
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A point is the sharp end of a knife or other sharp thing.
He used the point of the knife to make a hole in the can.
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The point of something is the reason or purpose for it.
The whole point of coming here was to plant this tree, so let's not go home without doing it.
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A point is a dot between two numbers. To the dot's right, you find a decimal.
The price has gone up by two point five percent.
point
Verb
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To point at something is to hold one finger (or a stick, arrow or other long, thin thing) in the direction of the thing so that people will look at the thing.
He pointed her toward the gate.
register
Verb
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If you register someone or something, you put their name on a list.
I haven't registered for September classes yet.
Please take a moment to register your software with the company.
Our dog is registered with the city.
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If you register a complaint, protest, etc. you make your opinion known formally.
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If something doesn't register, you don't notice it.
I knew I had something else on, but I guess it just didn't register when I made the appointment.
register
Noun
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A register is an official list of names.
On voting day, I found my name was not on the register and I couldn't vote.
The government is reviewing the national register of births, deaths, and marriages.
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A register is a particular style of language used by a certain group of people or in certain situations.
Speeches are usually given in a very formal, almost written register.
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A register is a particular range of notes.
The piano plays arpeggi in higher registers, accompanying the clarinet that plays the melody in full-blooded lower middle registers.
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A cash register is a machine in a shop that calculates total payment and holds money.