What does floating mean?
Definitions for floating
ˈfloʊ tɪŋfloat·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word floating.
Princeton's WordNet
floating, natationadjective
the act of someone who floats on the water
floatingadjective
borne up by or suspended in a liquid
"the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrantadjective
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
"a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
floatingadjective
inclined to move or be moved about
"a floating crap game"
floating(a)adjective
(of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position
"floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"
floating(a)adjective
not definitely committed to a party or policy
"floating voters"
Wiktionary
floatingadjective
That which floats or float.
floating buoys
floatingadjective
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
floatingadjective
that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Wikipedia
Floating
Floating is a 2004 single by the Irish band Jape, taken from the second studio album, The Monkeys in the Zoo Have More Fun Than Me and described as "Jape's trademark song". Co-produced by David Kitt, the single was the first release from the album and was generally viewed by critics as the standout track on the album. In 2007, it featured on the EP, Jape is Grape, for which a video was made. Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs is a known admirer of the song and has performed a cover version during live shows.
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floating
Floating can have several meanings depending on the context, but in general, it refers to the act or state of being buoyant or suspended in a fluid or in air. It often describes the way objects or substances remain on the surface of a liquid without sinking, or the ability of a person or animal to stay afloat in water. Additionally, it can also refer to the process of allowing a currency's exchange rate to fluctuate freely in response to market forces, without any fixed or pre-determined value.
Webster Dictionary
Floating
of Float
Floatingadjective
buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air
Floatingadjective
free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals
Floatingadjective
not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt
Floatingnoun
floating threads. See Floating threads, above
Floatingnoun
the second coat of three-coat plastering
Wikidata
Floating
Floating is the first EP by Bill Callahan, released on Drag City in 1991. "Red Apples" is an early version of the better known track of the same name from Red Apple Falls in 1997. "Floating" and "Hole in the Heart" later appeared on Smog's rarities compilation, Accumulation: None.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of floating in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of floating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of floating in a Sentence
I'm not sure how developed this plan is, but it's a complicated thing to get worked out, there have been rumors floating around about this idea for a long time, but I'd been hearing them more and more recently. I really had no idea that anyone was close to trying to do something.
I can imagine really exciting planets out there where you would have hydrates forming and then floating up in the ocean [forming] icebergs of natural gas.
There is no one around and I thought about what I could do to get help, i hung on to a floating cushion, and fortunately the boat did not sink... I hung on to the cushion and the boat.
Floating storage is there to be put onto the market as soon as possible after some sort of agreement.
The less amount of virus floating around in one's system, the less chance of giving it to someone else.
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