Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) floating, natation (the act of someone who floats on the water)
Verb
S: (v) float, drift, be adrift, blow (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"
S: (v) float, swim (be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom)
S: (v) float (set afloat) "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
S: (v) float (circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with) "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
S: (v) float (move lightly, as if suspended) "The dancer floated across the stage"
S: (v) float (make the surface of level or smooth) "float the plaster"
S: (v) float (allow (currencies) to fluctuate) "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
S: (v) float (convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation) "float data"
Adjective
S: (adj) floating (borne up by or suspended in a liquid) "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
S: (adj) aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant (continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another) "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
S: (adj) floating (inclined to move or be moved about) "a floating crap game"
S: (adj) floating ((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"
S: (adj) floating (not definitely committed to a party or policy) "floating voters"