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floating

/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ noun C2
  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.

Plural floatings

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A wisp of green floating in the air caught my eye, and another glance showed me that it was carried on a stick by a man who was moving among the broken ground.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 108 · C1
For a day and a night I traveled through the air, and on the morning of the second day I awoke and found the balloon floating over a strange and beautiful country.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 108 · B2
Green leaves a-floating,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 4 · C1
Floating on the shaken pool
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1

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