FLOATAGE Antonyms
Definition of FLOATAGE
Best Opposite Words For FLOATAGE
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descent | nounn | |||||||
noun • a movement downward • properties attributable to your ancestry • the act of changing your location in a downward direction • the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors • a downward slope or bend • the hereditary derivation of an individual | ||||||||
dropping | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
adjective satellite • coming down freely under the influence of gravity | ||||||||
immersion | nounn | |||||||
noun • sinking until covered completely with water • (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse • complete attention; intense mental effort • a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged • the act of wetting something by submerging it | ||||||||
lowering | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of causing to become less • the act of causing something to move to a lower level adjective satellite • darkened by clouds | ||||||||
sinking | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • a descent as through liquid (especially through water) • a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength) • a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension | ||||||||
submergence | nounn | |||||||
noun • sinking until covered completely with water | ||||||||
submerging | verbv | |||||||
noun • sinking until covered completely with water | ||||||||
dipping | verbv | |||||||
noun • a depression in an otherwise level surface • (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon • a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places • tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped • a brief immersion • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow • a brief swim in water • a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms verb • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate • dip into a liquid while eating • go down momentarily • stain an object by immersing it in a liquid • take a small amount from • switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam • lower briefly • appear to move downward • slope downwards • dip into a liquid • place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax • immerse in a disinfectant solution • plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container • scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface | ||||||||
immersing | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • thrust or throw into • devote (oneself) fully to • enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing • cause to be immersed | ||||||||
sinkage | nounn | |||||||
noun • An amount of material involved in a sinking. • An area of sunken ground; a depression. • The change in draft that a vessel obtains when moving through the water. |