floating
- adjective
- /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
:
flotante
- The children watched a leaf floating on the surface of the pond.
And, and it was a large floating steel pier.
- And, and it was a large floating steel pier.
Examples
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Oh, there is there's some mold floating on top.
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But I could see stuff that was floating start to go into the straw.
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So lots of virus floating around in the blood.
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Handkerchiefs, of course, came floating down upon us from the windows like snow.
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So it's cashew balls floating in salted crystal waters.
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She noticed a few bubbles floating to the top of the glass of water.
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There were several colorful balloons floating in the air at the party.
Synonyms
9
5.3
Able to float in water or rise in air
7
4.4
Floating on water without being tied to anything
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2.0
Floating on water like a boat and not sinking
Floating on water without sinking
A craft or object that floats on water like a boat
Full of water or other liquid
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Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.3
A large platform that sinks so a ship can enter then rises to lift the ship for repairs
- Specialized
1
5.2
A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government
- Specialized
1
6.8
A calculation that uses numbers with decimals often done by a computer
- Specialized
A measure of how many billion math calculations a computer does each second
- Specialized
A way computers write numbers with decimals using a power to show the decimal point position
- Specialized
A portable structure that sinks so a ship can enter and then lifts it out for repair
- Specialized
Insurance that covers valuable items like jewelry or equipment wherever they are
- Literature
A person who does not always support the same political party and may choose differently in each election
- Specialized
A way to write very large or very small numbers using an exponent so the decimal point can move
- Specialized
A number that computers store to show very large or very small values approximately
- Specialized
A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second
- Specialized
A measure of computer speed equal to one trillion math calculations every second
How Buoyant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Floating comes from the old English verb float, which meant 'to rest on water', like a piece of wood on a pond. So floating means staying on the surface of a liquid.