Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 2
"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
Type of:
circulate
Verb group:
freewheel
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 3
"drift the boats downstream"
Type of:
float
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 4
"drift the cattle herds westwards"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 5
be subject to fluctuation
"The stock market drifted upward"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 6
"snow drifting several feet high"
"sand drifting like snow"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
noun
Sense 8
Kinds of:
leeway
noun
Sense 9
"caught the drift of the conversation"
noun
Sense 11
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
"a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
noun
Sense 12
noun
Sense 13
Type of:
force
verb
Sense 14
"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 15
"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"
Verb group:
float
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb
Sense 16
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"
"don''t drift from the set course"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 17
"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 ro"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
17
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
96
Times Searched
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