"drift" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

drift verbo

verbo + drift
Kolokacji: 7
begin to drift • begin drifting • keep drifting • come drifting • start drifting • ...
drift + preposición
Kolokacji: 55
drift off • drift into • drift down • drift through • drift toward • drift across • drift over • drift up • drift out • ...
drift + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 70
drift away • drift apart • drift slowly • drift further • drift upward • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) away, forth, wide, randomly
Kolokacji: 4
(4) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(5) lazily, gradually, idly
Kolokacji: 3
(6) forward, backward, onward
Kolokacji: 3
(8) low, high
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(10) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) free, faintly, freely, clear
Kolokacji: 4
1. drift free = dryf wolny drift free
2. drift faintly = znieś słabo drift faintly
3. drift freely = znieś swobodnie drift freely
4. drift clear = dryf czysty drift clear
  • His spirit drifted clear of his body, floating up through the willow.
  • The buoy and light line followed with a splash, and we drifted slowly clear.
  • Daniel chopped the throttle, looking over his shoulder to be sure that they were drifting clear and weren't about to hit something.
  • The last billow of mist drifted clear of the ice.
  • Their stern brushed along the portside barge until they drifted fully clear.
  • As she settled back on her feet, he drifted clear of the car and turned in the air away from her.
  • For a moment Lambert want rigid with horror as it looked as if the fire would fall on top of them; but they drifted clear.
  • The current was fairly strong; it seemed as if he should have drifted clear to the Barrier in the night.
  • Ramageagain pulled out his watch, waited for a cloud to drift clear of the moon, and saw they had taken only ten minutes.
  • Jackson called softly to the man at the bow, who pulled the painter through the block and the boat drifted clear of the ship.
(12) quietly, steadily
Kolokacji: 2
(13) casually, effortlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) constantly, endlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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