floating
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.
Origin of floating
1Other words from floating
- float·ing·ly, adverb
- non·float·ing, adjective
- non·float·ing·ly, adverb
- un·float·ing, adjective
Words Nearby floating
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How to use floating in a sentence
He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President | Pierre Assouline | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSearch 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.
Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays | Bel Trew | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot 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.
The World's Most Beautiful Boat—Yours for Half a Billion Dollars | Tim Teeman | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe fire crackled around the Dutch ovens, and the odor of coffee came floating by.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIt was like a dream of beauty suspended in the air before you—floating there—and you didn't want to disturb it.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayShe wore a gown of white tulle upon whose floating surface were a few dark-blue lilies.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe pole was, therefore, continually floating or rising and falling in steam of ever-varying pressure.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for floating
/ (ˈfləʊtɪŋ) /
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 of floating
- floatingly, adverb
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