Definition of floating

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Float
• a. - Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
• a. - Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
• a. - Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
• n. - Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
• n. - The second coat of three-coat plastering.