"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
(12) quietly, steadily
Kolokacji: 2
1. drift quietly = znieś cicho drift quietly
2. drift steadily = znieś stale drift steadily
  • He steadily drifted to more extreme left position, supporting cooperation with the communists.
  • Over the three days, the festival drifted steadily into anarchy.
  • The moon left that system and drifted steadily out into the vast interstellar void.
  • More time was lost digging out their provisions from the steadily drifting snow.
  • The heavy red smoke was drifting steadily away from them.
  • Ms. Quezada advanced at 12 miles an hour, drifting steadily to the left.
  • Drake examined one of the planetary images as the ship drifted steadily on through space.
  • From there, it drifted downward steadily for the rest of the day.
  • The airborne flying machine was drifting slowly but steadily to the north.
  • But the sky was paling overhead, the stars drifting steadily away.
(13) casually, effortlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) constantly, endlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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