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floating
[ floh-ting ]
adjective
- being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- having little or no attachment to a particular place; moving from one place to another:
a floating workforce.
- Pathology. away from its proper position, especially in a downward direction:
a floating kidney.
- not fixed or settled in a definite place or state:
a floating population.
- Finance.
- in circulation or use, or not permanently invested, as capital.
- composed of sums due within a short time:
a floating debt.
- Machinery.
- having a soft suspension greatly reducing vibrations between the suspended part and its support.
- working smoothly.
floating
/ ˈfləʊtɪŋ /
adjective
- having little or no attachment
- (of an organ or part) displaced from the normal position or abnormally movable
a floating kidney
- not definitely attached to one place or policy; uncommitted or unfixed
the floating vote
- finance
- (of capital) not allocated or invested; available for current use
- (of debt) short-term and unfunded, usually raised by a government or company to meet current expenses
- (of a currency) free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
- machinery operating smoothly through being free from external constraints
- (of an electronic circuit or device) not connected to a source of voltage
Derived Forms
- ˈfloatingly, adverb
Other Words From
- floating·ly adverb
- non·floating adjective
- non·floating·ly adverb
- un·floating adjective
Example Sentences
Once a glacier backs off its moraine and becomes free floating, it can collapse catastrophically.
He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
Search teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
Not exactly a happy quotation over a nature background like some of the images floating around in the blogosphere!
The fore and aft have beautiful decks carved into them, and windows from various rooms too: it looks like a floating Apple device.
After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
The fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.
It was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
She wore a gown of white tulle upon whose floating surface were a few dark-blue lilies.
The pole was, therefore, continually floating or rising and falling in steam of ever-varying pressure.
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