floating

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[ US /ˈfɫoʊtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /flˈə‍ʊtɪŋ/ ]

ADJECTIVE

borne up by or suspended in a liquid
the ship is still floating
floating seaweed
floating logs
(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
inclined to move or be moved about
a floating crap game
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
vagrant hippies of the sixties
the floating population
a drifting double-dealer
not definitely committed to a party or policy
floating voters

NOUN

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How To Use floating In A Sentence

Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
I use long lengths of floating row cover, anchored with bricks and stones, on annual and perennial beds.
Your clock has a floating balance mechanism.
There were floating candles that decorated the pool and the fountain, as well as ornamental flowers arrangements.
And though you could not mark the delicacies of faces, you could have the full effect of costumes, -- rich, majestic, floating, gossamery, impalpable. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
I can't find my purse, but it must be floating around here somewhere.
Snorkelers can have a grand time floating just 30 feet above the stern, watching the divers below and the thousands of fish that live in the wreck.
They cannot fly or dive yet and they spend the next few weeks just floating about. Times, Sunday Times
The swimming pool was decorated with fairy lights and floating candles and a table for the intimate party of 12 was set outside.
Flooding and floating affecting the appearances and the effect of latex paint and film were investigated.

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