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   Float·ing

   /ˈflōdiNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. buoyant or suspended in water or air: "a massive floating platform" Similar buoyantbuoyed upnonsubmergedon the surfaceabove waterafloatdriftinghoveringlevitatingsuspendedhangingdefying gravityOpposite sunkengrounded
   • 2. not settled in a definite place; fluctuating or variable: "the floating population that is migrating to the cities" Similar unsettlednot settlednot fixedtransienttemporaryvariablefluctuatingmigrantwanderingnomadicmovingon the movemigratorytravelingdriftingrovingroamingitinerantvagrantvagabondvariablechangeablechangingfluidfluctuatingfreenot fixedinformal:up and downOpposite settledfixed

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