Usually means: Not anchored, drifting without attachment.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word free-floating:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. free-floating: Merriam-Webster
  2. free-floating: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. free-floating: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. free-floating, free-floating: Collins English Dictionary
  5. free-floating: Wordnik
  6. free-floating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. free-floating: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. free-floating: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. free-floating: Dictionary.com
  10. free-floating: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. free-floating: Wiktionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. free-floating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (biology) That floats in water without attachment to anything and with no means of propulsion

Similar:
floatless, floaty, adrift, cell-free, propulsionless, free-running, bridgeless, waterfree, keelless, free-flowing, more...

Phrases:
free-floating anxiety, Free-floating barrel, more...

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Similar:
floatless, floaty, adrift, cell-free, propulsionless, free-running, bridgeless, waterfree, keelless, free-flowing, more...

Phrases:
free-floating anxiety, Free-floating barrel, more...



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