floating F₄L₁O₁A₁T₁I₁N₁G₂

Adjective 3 meanings

1. That floats or float.

   “floating buoys”

2. Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.

   “The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.”

3. Present in the underlying phonological representation but not linked to an anchor on which it can surface.

Noun 4 meanings

1. The motion of something that floats.

2. Material that floats in a liquid.

3. The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.

4. A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.

• BEING₈
• GOING₇
• SOMETHING₁₅
• DURING₈
• THING₉
• DOING₇
• HAVING₁₃
• GETTING₉
• LOOKING₁₂
• ANYTHING₁₅
• NOTHING₁₁
• EVERYTHING₂₀

• BLOATING₁₁
• GLOATING₁₀
• FLOUTING₁₂
• PLOATING₁₁