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单词 floating
释义

floating

adjective

float·​ing ˈflō-tiŋ How to pronounce floating (audio)
1
: buoyed on or in a fluid
2
: located out of the normal position
a floating kidney
3
a
: continually drifting or changing position
the floating population
b
: not presently committed or invested
floating capital
c
: short-term and usually not funded
floating debt
d
: having no fixed value or rate
floating currencies
floating interest rates
4
: connected or constructed so as to operate and adjust smoothly
a floating axle

Synonyms

  • afloat
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Example Sentences

the wreckage remained floating for hours
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Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

floating

adjective

float·​ing ˈflōt-iŋ How to pronounce floating (audio)
: located out of the normal position or abnormally movable
a floating kidney

Legal Definition

floating

adjective

float·​ing
1
: not presently committed or invested
floating capital
2
: short-term and usually not funded
floating debt
3
: having no fixed value or rate
floating currencies
floating interest rates

floating 1 of 2

adjective

as in afloat
riding upon the surface of a body of liquid the wreckage remained floating for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • afloat
  • sailing
  • hovering
  • gliding
  • drifting
  • floaty
  • free-floating
  • wafting
  • hanging
  • unsinkable
  • buoyant
  • awash
  • poised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sinking
  • sunk
  • aground
  • high and dry

floating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of float
1
as in hovering
to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air a canoe floating down the river particles of dust floating in the air

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • hovering
  • sailing
  • swimming
  • drifting
  • gliding
  • bobbing
  • hanging
  • riding
  • wafting
  • dangling
  • suspending
  • poising
  • ballooning
  • buoying
  • rafting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sinking
  • settling
  • plunging
  • diving
  • dipping
  • submerging
  • lunging
  • immersing
  • submersing
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2
as in wandering
to move about from place to place aimlessly lost touch with a childhood friend who spent much of his adult life floating from place to place

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • wandering
  • roaming
  • drifting
  • cruising
  • strolling
  • meandering
  • ranging
  • roving
  • gallivanting
  • traipsing
  • rambling
  • batting
  • galavanting
  • mooching
  • sauntering
  • maundering
  • ambling
  • knocking (about)
  • kicking around
  • gadding (about)
  • gypsying
  • moping
  • dawdling
  • hoboing
  • tramping
  • straggling
  • straying
  • vagabonding
  • milling (about or around)
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