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US
/ˈfɫoʊtɪŋ/
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[ UK /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /flˈəʊtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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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
- the act of someone who floats on the water
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.