Definitions for floating

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floating float·ing

Spelling: [floh-ting]

IPA: /ˈfloʊ tɪŋ/

Floating is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 335 anagrams from letters in floating (afgilnot).

Definitions for floating

noun

1. something that floats, as a raft.
2. something for buoying up.
3. an inflated bag to sustain a person in water; life preserver.
4. (in certain types of tanks, cisterns, etc.) a device, as a hollow ball, that through its buoyancy automatically regulates the level, supply, or outlet of a liquid.
5. Nautical. a floating platform attached to a wharf, bank, or the like, and used as a landing.
6. Aeronautics. a hollow, boatlike structure under the wing or fuselage of a seaplane or flying boat, keeping it afloat in water.
7. Angling. a piece of cork or other material for supporting a baited line in the water and indicating by its movements when a fish bites.
8. Zoology. an inflated organ that supports an animal in the water.
9. a vehicle bearing a display, usually an elaborate tableau, in a parade or procession:
10. a glass of fruit juice or soft drink with one or more scoops of ice cream floating in it:
11. (especially in the northeastern U.S.) a milk shake with one or more scoops of ice cream floating in it.
12. paddle1 (def 6).
13. Banking. uncollected checks and commercial paper in process of transfer from bank to bank.
14. the total amount of any cost-of-living or other variable adjustments added to an employee's pay or a retiree's benefits:
15. an act or instance of floating, as a currency on the foreign-exchange market.
16. Building Trades. a flat tool for spreading and smoothing plaster or stucco. a tool for polishing marble.
17. a single-cut file of moderate smoothness.
18. a loose-fitting, sometimes very full dress without a waistline.
19. (in weaving and knitting) a length of yarn that extends over several rows or stitches without being interworked.
20. British. a sum of money used by a storekeeper to provide change for the till at the start of a day's business.
21. British. a small vehicle, usually battery powered, used to make deliveries, as of milk.
22. a low-bodied dray for transporting heavy goods.
23. Geology, Mining. loose fragments of rock, ore, etc., that have been moved from one place to another by the action of wind, water, etc. ore that has been washed downhill from an orebody and is found lying on the surface of the ground. any mineral in suspension in water.
24. Usually, floats. British Theater. footlight (def 1).

adjective

1. being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
2. having little or no attachment to a particular place; moving from one place to another:
3. Pathology. away from its proper position, especially in a downward direction:
4. not fixed or settled in a definite place or state:
5. Finance. in circulation or use, or not permanently invested, as capital. composed of sums due within a short time:
6. Machinery. having a soft suspension greatly reducing vibrations between the suspended part and its support. working smoothly.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to float.
2. to cover with water or other liquid; flood; irrigate.
3. to launch (a company, scheme, etc.); set going.
4. to issue on the stock market in order to raise money, as stocks or bonds.
5. to let (a currency or interest rate) fluctuate in the foreign-exchange or money market.
6. to make smooth with a float, as the surface of plaster.
7. Theater. to lay down (a flat), usually by bracing the bottom edge of the frame with the foot and allowing the rest to fall slowly to the floor.

verb (used without object)

1. to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant:
2. to move gently on the surface of a liquid; drift along:
3. to rest or move in a liquid, the air, etc.:
4. to move lightly and gracefully:
5. to move or hover before the eyes or in the mind:
6. to pass from one person to another:
7. to be free from attachment or involvement.
8. to move or drift about:
9. to vacillate (often followed by between).
10. to be launched, as a company, scheme, etc.
11. (of a currency) to be allowed to fluctuate freely in the foreign-exchange market instead of being exchanged at a fixed rate.
12. (of an interest rate) to change periodically according to money-market conditions.
13. Commerce. to be in circulation, as an acceptance; be awaiting maturity.

Origin of floating

First recorded in 1555-65; float + -ing²

Examples for floating

When I reached the mainland again I had sworn that I had been floating.

Brigit threw a question over her shoulder to the floating mist of gold.

The sky-light-hood had been thrown overboard, and was floating in the ship's wake.

Five men were floating about in a boat in the Southern ocean.

Within three days floating wreckage is spotted, and within two weeks 640 pieces of debris and 50 bodies are recovered.

The fore and aft have beautiful decks carved into them, and windows from various rooms too: it looks like a floating Apple device.

The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

floating in the fog of privilege, all sorts of voguish developments in language control bypassed me.

For—for some time I've been floating, and now I've got a home.

The boat—this floating church of Morrissey, this Lusitanian of sadness—is sold out.