floatedadj.
/ˈfləʊtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfloʊdəd/ a. That floats or is floated.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adjective] > moving freely on surface
swimmingc1000
flittingc1425
floating1600
natant1753
floateda1800
a1800 W. Cowper Cast-away in W. Hayley Life & Posthumous Writings Cowper (1803) II. 215 The cask, the coop, the floated cord.
b. esp. Of a field, tract of country, etc.: Flooded, inundated, irrigated. Cf. flotten adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > irrigated
floated1676
irrigated1830
subirrigated1832
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 166 Which is the reason that floated and irriguous grounds are so pregnant.
1735 W. Somervile Chace iv. 170 O'er floated Meads, o'er Plains with Flocks distain'd.
1799 T. Wright Art Floating Land 15 Floated meadows require no manure from the farm yard.
c. Plastering. (see float v. 16a.)
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1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 373 A coat of plaster, which is pricked-up for the floated work.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 973 Floated Lath and Plaster, plastering of three coats.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 973 Floated Work, plastering rendered perfectly plane by means of a Float.
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