adj
Meaning 1
That floats or float.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- floating buoys
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
floating
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
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rhymes with -əʊtɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: F L OW1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.
- In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.
- You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The motion of something that floats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 5
Material that floats in a liquid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 8
present participle and gerund of float
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ship is still floating
- floating logs
- floating seaweed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
inclined to move or be moved about
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a floating crap game
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a drifting double-dealer
- the floating population
- vagrant hippies of the sixties
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
the act of someone who floats on the water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: natation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swimming, swim
Narrower terms: dead-man's float, prone float
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, float + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Ainu: アモㇺカ (amomka) — that floats
- Belarusian: плыву́чы (plyvúčy) — that floats
- Belarusian: наплаўны́ (naplawný) — that floats
- Bulgarian: плаващ (plavašt) — that floats
- Catalan: flotant — that floats
- Catalan: surant — that floats
- Chinese Mandarin: 漂浮的 (piāofúde) — that floats
- Finnish: kelluva — that floats
- Ancient Greek: πλωτός (plōtós) — that floats
- Romanian: plutitor — that floats
- Romanian: flotant — that floats
- Russian: плаву́чий (plavúčij) — that floats
- Russian: наплавно́й (naplavnój) — that floats
- Spanish: flotante — that floats
- Spanish: flotador — that floats
- Ukrainian: плаву́чий (plavúčyj) — that floats
- Ukrainian: наплавни́й (naplavnýj) — that floats
- Bulgarian: променлив (promenliv) — not fixed
- Chinese Mandarin: 浮動的 /浮动的 (fúdòngde) — not fixed
- Finnish: liikkuva — not fixed
- Māori: māngina — not fixed
- Māori: mōngina — not fixed
- Romanian: flotant — not fixed
Real reading context