Floating - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfləʊtɪŋ|  American pronunciation of the word floating
Brit.  |ˈfləʊtɪŋ|  British pronunciation of the word floating
- this word is used as a present participle form of the verb 'to be' to float

noun

- the act of someone who floats on the water (syn: natation)

adjective

- borne up by or suspended in a liquid
the ship is still floating
floating logs
floating seaweed
- continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another (syn: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant)
the floating population
- inclined to move or be moved about
a floating crap game
- (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
- not definitely committed to a party or policy
floating voters

Extra examples

...the wreckage remained floating for hours...

You can choose either a fixed or floating interest rate for the loan.

The area has a large floating population.

A stick was floating on the water.

You can see the dust particles floating through the air.

She was floating on her back.

Delicious aromas were floating from the kitchen.

People claim to have seen a phantom ship floating on the lake.

...spume floating on the ocean...

A floating object displaces water.

Taxes could be the deciding factor for millions of floating voters.

Chunks of ice came floating down the river.

She spent the afternoon floating on her back in the pool.

I looked up at the clouds floating in the sky.

The sound of her voice came floating down from an upstairs window.

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