floating
IPA: fɫˈoʊtɪŋ
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.
- (veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
adjective
- That floats or float.
- Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
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Examples of "floating" in Sentences
- The ice resembled floating circles in the water.
- The vaporizer includes a platform floating on a reservoir of water.
- Dorothy finds the magic eye unharmed and floating in the tub of water.
- The decoy is provided with a body capable of floating on the water surface.
- The eggs are transparent, buoyant, and pelagic, floating in the water column.
- A peculiar aspect of the lake is the absence of leaves floating on the waters.
- The floating material is then skimmed from the surface of the water in the tank.
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