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not fixed in one position, place, or level: floating population The city has a large floating population (= people who move around a lot). floating interest rate The bank has offered us a loan with a floating interest rate. medical specialized.
to move smoothly and attractively: She sort of floats around, like a ballet dancer. [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move or act without purpose: float around/about Since he lost his job, he's just floated around/about doing nothing. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. float verb (SUGGEST) [ T ]
The tendency of an object to rise up to the upper levels of the fluid or to float on the fluid surface is known as floatation. The relation between real weight and upthrust and some daily life applications of floatation law.
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.
adjective. being buoyed up on water or other liquid. having little or no attachment to a particular place; moving from one place to another: a floating workforce. Pathology. away from its proper position, especially in a downward direction: a floating kidney. not fixed or settled in a definite place or state: a floating population. Finance.
If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid.
[intransitive] to stay on or near the surface of a liquid and not sink. Wood floats. Much of the bay is covered by floating sea ice. float in something She relaxed, floating gently in the water. float on something A plastic bag was floating on the water. Extra Examples. Topics Transport by water b2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
Definition of floating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
borne up by or suspended in a liquid. “the ship is still floating ”. “ floating logs”. “ floating seaweed”. synonyms: afloat, natant. swimming or floating in water. noun. the act of someone who floats on the water.
adjective. 1. having little or no attachment. 2. (of an organ or part) displaced from the normal position or abnormally movable. a floating kidney. 3. not definitely attached to one place or policy; uncommitted or unfixed. the floating vote. 4. finance. a. (of capital) not allocated or invested; available for current use. b.
