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Adjective(1) (2) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another(3) inclined to move or be moved about(4) (of a part of the body) not firmly connected(5) movable or out of normal position(6) not definitely committed to a party or policy(7) borne up by or suspended in a liquid(8) buoyant
Noun(1) the act of someone who floats on the water

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(1) The commercial complexes that will surely follow the residential buildings may have a floating population of about 5,000.(2) Both parents help build the well-concealed nest, which is a floating platform of weeds anchored to emergent vegetation in shallow water.(3) Further, with a chunk of the floating population in the city being rural people, it is just impossible to expect them to follow road rules strictly.(4) At a glacial terminus in quiet water, floating ice melts slowly and often drops exotic rocks and sediment far out on a lake bottom.(5) Experts said that with social development, the floating population has increased, placing a lot of pressure on the social order.(6) While surfing the Internet to check on the floating population, police found that Li was renting a house in the district.(7) The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for family reunions, drawing many of the floating population and workers to their homes in other provinces.(8) It was mounted about three meters above the water on a crude and rickety floating platform.(9) As I have said before rearing a family when you spend all your life on floating water weeds is a hazardous business.(10) The United States, Australia and China's Hong Kong have the world's largest floating populations.(11) Some analysts said the reason for the sharp rise in robberies was due to an increase in the floating populations of some large cities and more illegal drug use.(12) There is already a floating population of 100 million or more migrants seeking work in cities.(13) At the moment there is deeper water and reasonable floating weed cover in one area, so the Jacanas have not left.(14) It consisted of quick images of rushing water and occasional floating message bottles with the overlaid pulse of surf breaking on shore.(15) Low oxygen conditions develop beneath water hyacinth and the dense floating mats impede water flow and create good breeding conditions for mosquitoes.(16) Less obvious has been the relocation into deeper water of floating marinas and the extension of launch ramps.
Related Words
(1) float
(2) floating point
(3) floating market
(4) floating rate
(5) floating holiday
(6) floating exchange rate
(7) floating charge
(8) floating island
(9) floating ribs
(10) floating capital
(11) floating population
Synonyms
Adjective
1. buoyant
3. uncommitted
4. unsettled
5. variable
6. vagrant


Noun
7. natation


Verb
8. stay afloat
9. hover
10. drift
11. suggest
12. swim


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

Floating in a warm pool
of liquid

FLOATING in a warm pool of liquid

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 19


Maybe you missed that news while you were
floating around like a goof in outer space.

Maybe you missed that news while you were FLOATING around like a goof in outer space.

The Big Bang Theory Season 6, Episode 9


are floating in an abstract
n-dimensional hyperspace.

are FLOATING in an abstract n-dimensional hyperspace.

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 16


Oh!
There's blueberries just floating out there,

Oh! There's blueberries just FLOATING out there,

Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 9


...to wit, my back teeth were floating.

...to wit, my back teeth were FLOATING.

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 21


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