floating

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/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.“The boat floated on the water.”
To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.“to float a boat”
To be capable of floating.“Oil floats on vinegar.”
To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating“I’d love to just float downstream.”

noun

The motion of something that floats.
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.

adjective

That floats or float.“floating buoys”
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.“In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.”
(of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

Related words

Synonyms

afloat drifting mobile moving vagabond vagrant unsettled uncommitted aimless unfixed free-floating buoyant natant hovering waterborne flow

Associated

drydock pontoon rafts moored dock docks arithmetic barge mats float logs towed

Rhymes

doting gloating promoting coating toting scapegoating bloating noting throating denoting

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