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Floating
/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Floating"
- 1
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."
- 2
To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
"to float a boat"
- 3
To be capable of floating.
"Oil floats on vinegar."
- 4
To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating
"I’d love to just float downstream."
- 1
The motion of something that floats.
- 2
(in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
- 3
The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
- 1
That floats or float.
"floating buoys"
- 2
Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
"In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities."
- 3
(of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
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