floating UK /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/US /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/noun 4adjective 3forms 1 noun4 •The motion of something that floats. •[in the plural] Material that floats in a liquid.Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings. — 1898 •A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth. •The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls. adjective3 •That floats or float.floating buoys •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.In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities. •Present in the underlying phonological representation but not linked to an anchor on which it can surface. formsfloatings
