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floating at

floating at is the present participle and gerund of float at.

Meaning of float at

Verb

float at (third-person singular simple present floats at, present participle floating at, simple past and past participle floated at)

  1. (transitive) To present or make available (something) to (someone); offer, especially prospectively.
    • The word imposter was floated at me a few times. I can still feel the sting of those words sometimes when I hit an emotional low point.2014, Thomas S. Weinberg, Staci Newmahr, Selves, Symbols, and Sexualities
  2. (transitive) To come to (a person) gradually but without warning.
    • Just as quickly as the thought arrived, he was enveloped by the Portal's cloud. Wow, he thought, you have just got to stop surprising me like that! O.K., what now? More “job interviews” with future prospective employers who float at you with an “I come in peace” motivation? Or, maybe something more...2013, Timothy J. O'Leary III, The Dimensional Gateway

Questions about floating at

What is floating at the present participle and gerund of?
Floating at is the present participle and gerund of float at.

Words near floating at in the dictionary

  1. floatiness
  2. floating
  3. floating academies
  4. floating academy
  5. floating around
  6. floating at
  7. floating beacon
  8. floating beacons
  9. floating bog
  10. floating bogs
  11. floating bridge

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