floating

Speech parts

1. floating - Noun

2. floating - Adjective

3. floating - Verb

5. floating - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Float

Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.

Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.

Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.

The second coat of three-coat plastering.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

drifting vagabond vagrant sailing wandering afloat aimless natation buoyant hovering bobbing corky volant aquatics aeronautical
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Antonyms

fixed deep committed conclusion compact dense
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Hypernyms

swimming swim

Hyponyms

dead-man's float prone float

Phrases with the word

my back teeth are floating floating signifier floating on air floating ring floating computer floating mechanics

Anagrams

antigolf

Examples

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. James Baldwin

It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something! Sally Ride

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island. William Blackstone

Clouds come floating into my life from other days no longer to shed rain or usher storm but to give colour to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore. Edgar Allan Poe

Plenty of folks are so contrary that if they should fall into the river, they would insist upon floating upstream. Josh Billings

Close letter words and terms

floatiest floatily floatiness floating academy floating anchor floating ball