Floating

//ˈfloʊtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The motion of something that floats.
  2. 2
    the act of someone who floats on the water wordnet
  3. 3
    Material that floats in a liquid. in-plural

    "Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings."

  4. 4
    The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
  5. 5
    A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of float form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That floats or float. not-comparable

    "floating buoys"

  2. 2
    Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. not-comparable

    "The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters."

  3. 3
    that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    borne up by or suspended in a liquid wordnet
  2. 2
    not definitely committed to a party or policy wordnet
  3. 3
    (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position wordnet
  4. 4
    inclined to move or be moved about wordnet
  5. 5
    continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
afloatunfixedabsentee votingadriftaimlessaimless

Example

More examples

"The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful."

Etymology

By surface analysis, float + -ing.

Related phrases

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