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Floating
- verb - (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"
- allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
- be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
- 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"
- borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
- circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
- convert from a fixed point
Floccose
- adjective - (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs
Floccule
- noun - a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid
Flocking
- verb - come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets constellate in this town every summer"
- move as a crowd or in a group; "Tourists flocked to the shrine where the statue was said to have shed tears"
Floggers
- noun - a torturer who flogs or scourges (especially an official whose duty is to whip offenders)
Flogging
- verb - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- beat with a cane
- beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- Sell (slang)
- Whipped
Flood In
- verb - arrive in great numbers
Flooding
- verb - a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them
- become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"
- cover with liquid, usually water; "The swollen river flooded the village"; "The broken vein had flooded blood in her eyes"
- fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"
- supply with an excess of; "flood the market with tennis shoes"; "Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient"