floating

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) That floats or float.
2. (not-comparable) Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
3. (not-comparable) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

Verb

present participle and gerund of float

Noun

1. The motion of something that floats.
2. (in-plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
3. The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
4. A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.

float

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

drifting

buoyant

float

afloat

free

🆓

swimming

🏊

unattached

uncommitted

inconstant

fluctuating

timber floating

adrift

natation

floatation

uncertain

aimless

vagrant

faltering

single

movable

loose

unstable

vagabond

fluky

flukey

doubtful

flotation

flooding

disconnected

footloose

nonaligned

navigable

floaty

diffident

capricious

natant

flighty

debatable

mobile

mercurial

fickle

liberated

fancy-free

moving

clear

liberal

insecure

neutral

infirm

exempt

Translations

flottant

flotante

galleggiante

schwimmend

flutuante

flottante

natante

seyyar

gezici

fließend

gleiten

Schwimmen

عوم

gleitend

عائم

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, float + -ing.