floating
US: /ˈfɫoʊtɪŋ/
UK: /flˈəʊtɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
floating /floating/- danh từ
- sự nổi
- sự thả trôi (bè gỗ)
- sự hạ thuỷ (tài thuỷ)
- (thương nghiệp) sự khai trương; sự khởi công
- tính từ
- nổi
- để bơi
- thay đổi
- floating population: số dân thay đổi lên xuống
- (thương nghiệp) động (nợ); luân chuyển (vốn)
- floating capital: vốn luân chuyển
- (y học) di động
- floating kidney: thận di dộng
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective[usually before noun] not fixed permanently in one particular position or place: floating exchange rates + a floating population (= one in which people frequently move from one place to another) + (medical) a floating kidney / rib
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 hover, poise, bob, waft, be suspended, hang; sail, drift, glide, swim:
In the clear Caribbean waters, the boat seemed to float in mid-air.
2 launch, establish, set up, organize, found, initiate, get going or moving:
The financiers are trying to float a new company.
3 negotiate, arrange, transact, bring or carry off, get, effect, consummate, Colloq pull off, swing:
Were you able to float a loan on your house?
n.
4 raft, Brit platform:
I can swim out to the float.
5 buoy; pontoon:
The bridge is supported by floats.
6 (parade) exhibit or display:
Our parade float won first prize.
Concise dictionary
floats|floated|floatingfləʊtnoun
+the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
+the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
+a drink with ice cream floating in it
+an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
+a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco
+something that remains on the surface of a liquid
verb
+be in motion due to some air or water current
+be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
+set afloat
+circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
+move lightly, as if suspended
+put into the water
+make the surface of level or smooth
+allow (currencies) to fluctuate
+convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
