· the act of someone who floats on the water

Synonym(s): natation

Hypernym(s): swimming, swim

· 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"

Synonym(s): drift, be_adrift, blow

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

Synonym(s): swim

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

Antonym(s): sink

· set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

Hypernym(s): transport

· circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

Hypernym(s): test, prove, try, try_out, examine, essay

· move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

· put into the water; "float a ship"

Hypernym(s): launch

· make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"

Hypernym(s): smooth, smoothen

· allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

Hypernym(s): value

· convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"

Hypernym(s): convert, change_over

· borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"

· continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

Synonym(s): aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant

· inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"

· (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"

· not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"