<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Being buoyed up on water or other liquid.</li><li>Having little or no attachment to a particular place; moving from one place to another: a floating workforce.</li><li>Pathology: away from its proper position, especially in a downward direction: a floating kidney.</li><li>Not fixed or settled in a definite place or state: a floating population.</li><li>Finance: in circulation or use, or not permanently invested, as capital.</li><li>Composed of sums due within a short time: a floating debt.</li><li>Machinery: having a soft suspension greatly reducing vibrations between the suspended part and its support.</li><li>Working smoothly.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>