adv
Afloat; bouncing on the surface of a liquid.
adj
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
n
Underwater walking, as a form of exercise.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
n
(aviation) The narrow region under a supersonic aircraft's flight path, where the sonic boom is liable to be heard as it flies overhead.
v
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To keep afloat; to provide with buoyancy.
n
(physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
adj
Having buoyancy; able to float.
n
Synonym of free float (“type of floating exchange rate”)
n
(economics) Synonym of managed float
adj
(nautical) having a downward trim (of a submarine); usually follows the number of degrees
v
(intransitive, rare) To heave, as the waves of the sea; swell.
n
(usually in the plural) Anything that floats.
n
Alternative form of flotage [The state of floating.]
n
Alternative spelling of flotation [A state of floating, or being afloat.]
n
(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.
n
Alternative form of floaty (item that floats in water and can be sat on) [(informal) A lilo or similar item that floats on water and can be sat on.]
n
Synonym of floating car data
adj
(rare, poetic or nonstandard) Characterised or marked by floating; (by extension) temporary; transitory
n
That which floats on the sea or in rivers.
v
(nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) To float.
n
A state of floating, or being afloat.
adj
Pertaining to flotation.
v
(transitive) To transport (logs of wood) by floating them along a water-filled channel or trough.
adj
(biology) That floats in water without attachment to anything and with no means of propulsion
adj
(biology) Able to swim about freely.
n
(underwater diving) In scuba diving, the situation where the diving regulator continues to supply air instead of cutting off the supply when the diver stops inhaling.
adj
(figuratively) that rises or floats in the air
v
(zoology, of a whale) To swim suddenly in a new direction.
adj
floating or swimming (in water)
v
(transitive, nautical) To launch a ship.
adj
Floating on the surface.
n
Alternative spelling of swim bladder [(anatomy, usually of fish) A gas-filled sac within the bodies of most fish that variously acts as a float, lung, sound-producing organ or an aid to hearing.]
adj
(New England, nautical, idiomatic) Said of an unwisely or overly extravagant person.
n
Conveyance on a buoyant medium, such as air or water.
adj
Floating on the water; afloat.
n
Alternative form of water slide [A recreational slide with water flowing down it to reduce friction, sometimes involving the participant sitting on a mat or raft and sometimes leading into a pool at the bottom.]
n
A wave having a white crest; a breaker
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