floatingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈfləʊ.tɪŋ/us/ˈfloʊ.t̬ɪŋ/not fixed in one position, place, or level:
The city has a large floating population (= people who move around a lot).
The bank has offered us a loan with a floating interest rate.
specialized medical used to refer to a part of the body that is out of its usual position, or not connected to another part of the body:
a floating rib
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Movement
- ambulatory
- be treading water idiom
- catalepsy
- comings
- get
- gravitation
- immobile
- immobilize
- inert
- mobile
- motile
- motility
- motion
- movable
- moving
- pull
- pull up short idiom
- steady
- still
- tread
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