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drift, v.
(drifted, drifting, drifts)
freq. cnt. 12

be in motion due to some air or water current
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2

be adrift blow drift float

sample sentences

"The leaves were blowing in the wind"
"the boat drifted on the lake"
"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"
"the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

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hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

verb group

hyponym

waft tide stream

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

sample sentences

"The gypsies roamed the woods"
"roving vagabonds"
"the wandering Jew"
"The cattle roam across the prairie"
"the laborers drift from one town to the next"
"They rolled from town to town"

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They %s the countryside
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

wandering wanderer

lexical pointers

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drifting drifter

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vagabondage vagabond vagabond

semantic pointers

hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

hyponym

maunder gallivant, gad, jazz around

verb group

drift, stray, err wander

wander from a direct course or at random
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

drift err stray

sample sentences

"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"
"don't drift from the set course"

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drifting driftage drift

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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hypernym

go, move, travel, locomote

verb group

wander, roam, drift, stray, rove, range, roll, swan, tramp, cast, ramble, vagabond

be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
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drift

sample sentences

"snow drifting several feet high"
"sand drifting like snow"

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accumulate, pile up, gather, amass, cumulate, conglomerate

be subject to fluctuation
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drift

sample sentences

"The stock market drifted upward"

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verb group

drive slowly and far afield for grazing
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drift

sample sentences

"drift the cattle herds westwards"

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hypernym

crop, graze, pasture

cause to be carried by a current
<verb.motion>

drift

sample sentences

"drift the boats downstream"

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verb group

float, drift, blow, be adrift

move in an unhurried fashion
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drift

sample sentences

"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"

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verb group

freewheel, drift

hypernym

live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
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drift freewheel

sample sentences

"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"

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live, exist, survive, subsist

vary or move from a fixed point or course
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drift

sample sentences

"stock prices are drifting higher"

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