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How to pronounce floating in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms natation
Type of swimming, swim
Has types prone float, dead-man's float
Derivation float
Type Words
Synonyms aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant


the floating population.
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the ship is still floating.
floating logs.
floating seaweed.
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a floating crap game.
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floating voters.
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floating ribs are not connected with the sternum.
a floating kidney.

Examples of floating

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Seven judges, drawn from a floating pool of 45 judges, evaluate each production.
From the stltoday.com
Republicans are floating a proposal to impose a permanent cap on state spending.
From the sacbee.com
Past reported indicated that there was ice floating on the lake hampering boats.
From the sacbee.com
Built-in seating and floating shelves save space and add storage in small rooms.
From the kansas.com
Volker Hausin, president of TVT-Bio, looks through a model of a floating tanker.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The mailer is hitting voters just as SunCal is floating a new plan for the base.
From the sfgate.com
Anyone remember those origami boats floating down the pitlane during qualifying?
From the telegraph.co.uk
The Rapid Creek croc trap was photographed floating in Darwin Harbour on Friday.
From the ntnews.com.au
We also added two floating leave days that will not cost the state any overtime.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • Borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
  • The act of someone who floats on the water
  • Aimless: continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
  • Inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
  • Floating(a): (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"
  • (float) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
  • Floating is the third album by the German progressive rock band Eloy. It was released in 1974.
  • Floating, gliding or sliding refers to a group of footwork-oriented dance techniques and styles closely related to popping, which attempt to create the illusion that the dancer's body is floating smoothly across the floor or that the legs are walking while the body travels in unexpected ...
  • Floating is Smog's first EP, released on Drag City in 1991. "Red Apples" is an early version of the better known Red Apple Falls-Track of the same name from 1997. "Floating" and "Hole in the Heart" later appeared on Smog's rarities compilation ''''.