"floating" meaning in English

See floating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-floating.wav [US]
Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} floating (not comparable)
  1. That floats or float. Tags: not-comparable Translations (that floats): アモㇺカ (amomka) (Ainu), πλωτός (plōtós) (Ancient Greek), плыву́чы (plyvúčy) (Belarusian), наплаўны́ (naplaŭný) (english: kept afloat) (Belarusian), плаващ (plavašt) (Bulgarian), flotant (Catalan), surant (Catalan), 漂浮的 (piāofúde) (Chinese Mandarin), kelluva (Finnish), plutitor (Romanian), flotant (Romanian), плаву́чий (plavúčij) (Russian), наплавно́й (naplavnój) (english: kept afloat) (Russian), flotante (Spanish), flotador (Spanish), плаву́чий (plavúčyj) (Ukrainian), наплавни́й (naplavnýj) (english: kept afloat) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-floating-en-adj-wOgzUeDg Disambiguation of 'that floats': 91 5 4
  2. Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not fixed): променлив (promenliv) (Bulgarian), 浮動的 (Chinese Mandarin), 浮动的 (fúdòngde) (Chinese Mandarin), liikkuva (Finnish), māngina (note: of an opinion, undecided) (Maori), mōngina (note: of an opinion, undecided) (Maori), flotant (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-floating-en-adj-UaqQxNGG Disambiguation of 'not fixed': 0 67 32
  3. (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-floating-en-adj-oF35SVLI Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-floating.wav [US] Forms: floatings [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} floating (plural floatings)
  1. The motion of something that floats.
    Sense id: en-floating-en-noun-GeaYeFsy
  2. (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-floating-en-noun-byWfqG68
  3. The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
    Sense id: en-floating-en-noun-SEm0yaCR
  4. (veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth. Categories (lifeform): Veterinary medicine
    Sense id: en-floating-en-noun-WdkjPvM4 Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology

Verb

IPA: /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-floating.wav [US]
Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} floating
  1. present participle and gerund of float Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: float
    Sense id: en-floating-en-verb-BdTdR62i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 17 9 2 1 24 12 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/",
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      "code": "ain",
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      "roman": "amomka",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "アモㇺカ"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "plyvúčy",
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "наплаўны́"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "plavašt",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "плаващ"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "that floats",
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that floats",
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "piāofúde",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "漂浮的"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "kelluva"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "plōtós",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "πλωτός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "plutitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "flotant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "плаву́чий"
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      "code": "ru",
      "english": "kept afloat",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naplavnój",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "наплавно́й"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "flotante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "flotador"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plavúčyj",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "плаву́чий"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "english": "kept afloat",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naplavnýj",
      "sense": "that floats",
      "word": "наплавни́й"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "promenliv",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "променлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "浮動的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fúdòngde",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "浮动的"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "liikkuva"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of an opinion, undecided",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "māngina"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "of an opinion, undecided",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "mōngina"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not fixed",
      "word": "flotant"
    }
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}

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