floating
/ˈfloʊtɪŋ/ adjective B1- 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.
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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.
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.
Green leaves a-floating,
Floating on the shaken pool
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