Preposition: in

• space: Would you live in an hexagon world Christopher or just be free floating in space?

• air: I love the idea of sleeping floating in air.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• develop: Ned Minns Ned is developing a novel floating oscillating water column wave energy converter.

• see: The boat then sank from beneath them, and he looked about to see anything floating.

Modifies a noun

• pontoon: The two piles for the floating mooring pontoon can also be seen.

• arithmetic: Each of these gets a chapter, along with a final chapter devoted to floating point arithmetic.

• voter: Become a bit of a floating voter in recent years.

• caliper: Floating caliper with two differential diameter 32 and 30 mm pistons.

• dock: When the sides of Cambria's floating dock have been sufficiently raised, the move will be able to take place.

• pennywort: Exeter Ship Canal Two alien weeds, parrots feather and floating marsh pennywort, have invaded Exeter Ship Canal.

Modifying Another Word

• free: Would you live in an hexagon world Christopher or just be free floating in space?

• still: Battle was broken off as darkness fell, and the next day the Spaniards were amazed to see the Revenge still floating.

• just: We were left with hundreds of Puffins all just floating in the evening calm.

• seemingly: Hybrid forms such as the mercury hourglass and seemingly floating steps serve as to bridge metaphors for time and space.

• only: The gallery is the only floating contemporary art gallery in London.

• now: When the rains came, Noah himself jumped on the now floating cruise crapper.

Used with adjective complement

• see: About 80 % of the material seen floating in a sunbeam is actually flakes of skin.

• call: The first stage ( which is the one indispensable preliminary to counseling ) he calls 'free floating ' .