What part of speech is floating?

Floating can be categorized as a verb, an adjective and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. floating is a verb, gerund of float (infinitive).
  • 2. floating is a noun, singular of floatings.
  • 3. floating is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • floating 
    more floating
    most floating
  • Positive: floating 
  • Comparative: more floating
  • Superlative: most floating

What does floating mean?

Definitions

Adjective
floating - borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"
floating - not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"
floating - (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; "floating ribs are not connected with the sternum"; "a floating kidney"
floating - inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"
floating - continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

Verb
float - be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"
float - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
float - put into the water; "float a ship"
float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"
float - make the surface of level or smooth; "float the plaster"
float - convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
float - allow (currencies) to fluctuate; "The government floated the ruble for a few months"
float - circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with; "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

Noun
floating - the act of someone who floats on the water
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Examples of floating

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The ship is still floating.
2. adj. Floating logs.
3. adj. Floating seaweed.
4. adj. Floating voters.
5. adj. Floating ribs are not connected with the sternum.
6. adj. A floating kidney.
7. adj. A floating crap game.
8. adj. The floating population.
9. adj. The boat was broken by the floating ice.
10. adj. The fisherman saved himself by means of a floating board.
11. adj. I went to Hokkaido to see the floating ice.
12. adj. She looked at a floating cloud.
13. adj. The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.
14. adj. Is the ticket good for the floating tram as well?
15. adj. Do you like my floating house?
16. noun The floating could be tied to a Platt's index or the NYMEX.
17. noun Hey! Throw that float to me.
18. noun Particles of dust float in the atmosphere.
19. noun The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.
20. noun If plants and stones are in the water then this will happen: the plants float and the rocks sink.
21. noun Dry leaves float on the water's surface.
22. noun Let's swim out to the float.
23. noun The magician made the young lady float into the air.
24. noun The magician made the girl float in thin air.
25. noun He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.
26. noun When a coral egg and sperm join together as an embryo, they develop into a coral larva, called a planula. Planulae float in the ocean, some for days and some for weeks, before dropping to the ocean floor. Then, depending on seafloor conditions, the planulae may attach to the substrate and grow into a new coral colony at the slow rate of about .4 inches a year.
27. noun Would you like a root beer float?
28. noun The leaves of the water lily float on the surface of the water.
29. verb "Calculation of Floating Amount: The Floating Amount payable by [ENA] on a Payment Date will be calculated for that Payment Date as follows:
30. verb Floating Amount = (Notional Quantity per Calculation Period X Floating Price) - USD[38,000?]
31. verb Tom's group would like to know if we have any interesting in buying the crude on either a fixed or floating basis.
32. verb Feel yourself floating above the earth and sea.
33. verb When you get the tank make sure you wash the inside (with plain water) then you wash the gravel (with only water too) take out all the stuff that is floating on top.
34. verb (I've even had a pair of killies leave eggs on a floating thermometer!
35. verb The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful.
36. verb A balloon was floating in the air.
37. verb The petals are floating on the water.
38. verb A ball is floating down the river.
39. verb Then she was floating on her back.
40. verb Clouds were floating in the blue sky.
41. verb A white cloud is floating in the blue summer sky.
42. verb A white cloud is floating in the blue sky.
43. verb On the memo was scrawled, "have her practice floating in the water."
Sentence  
adj.
The ship is still floating.
Floating logs.
Floating seaweed.
Floating voters.
Floating ribs are not connected with the sternum.
A floating kidney.
A floating crap game.
The floating population.
The boat was broken by the floating ice.
The fisherman saved himself by means of a floating board.
I went to Hokkaido to see the floating ice.
She looked at a floating cloud.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.
Is the ticket good for the floating tram as well?
Do you like my floating house?
noun
The floating could be tied to a Platt's index or the NYMEX.
Hey! Throw that float to me.
Particles of dust float in the atmosphere.
The Kawagoe festival float has the shape of what's called a hoko float. It has three, or four, wheels attached.
If plants and stones are in the water then this will happen: the plants float and the rocks sink.
Dry leaves float on the water's surface.
Let's swim out to the float.
The magician made the young lady float into the air.
The magician made the girl float in thin air.
He spent the afternoon high, watching dust float through shafts of light.
When a coral egg and sperm join together as an embryo, they develop into a coral larva, called a planula. Planulae float in the ocean, some for days and some for weeks, before dropping to the ocean floor. Then, depending on seafloor conditions, the planulae may attach to the substrate and grow into a new coral colony at the slow rate of about .4 inches a year.
Would you like a root beer float?
The leaves of the water lily float on the surface of the water.
verb
"Calculation of Floating Amount: The Floating Amount payable by [ENA] on a Payment Date will be calculated for that Payment Date as follows:
Floating Amount = (Notional Quantity per Calculation Period X Floating Price) - USD[38,000?]
Tom's group would like to know if we have any interesting in buying the crude on either a fixed or floating basis.
Feel yourself floating above the earth and sea.
When you get the tank make sure you wash the inside (with plain water) then you wash the gravel (with only water too) take out all the stuff that is floating on top.
(I've even had a pair of killies leave eggs on a floating thermometer!
The clouds floating in the sky are beautiful.
A balloon was floating in the air.
The petals are floating on the water.
A ball is floating down the river.
Then she was floating on her back.
Clouds were floating in the blue sky.
A white cloud is floating in the blue summer sky.
A white cloud is floating in the blue sky.
On the memo was scrawled, "have her practice floating in the water."
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