"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
1. drift lazily = znieś leniwie drift lazily
  • A man and a young woman in a punt drifted lazily along the river.
  • There were hundreds crawling on the dead men, and more drifting lazily through the still, hot air.
  • Unspoken words passed between them as the snow began to drift lazily down.
  • Nothing moved in the light or shadows except a bird which drifted lazily over her head against the bright sky.
  • They saw the smoke from a couple of blocks away, drifting lazily into the gray sky.
  • The man in brown smiles and his eyes turn to the window, where the season's first snowflakes drift lazily by the glass.
  • He drifted lazily between sleep and waking, not quite ready to let go.
  • A sailboat lazily drifted by out beyond the line of surf.
  • The rumors began lazily drifting about in the August heat.
  • Smoke drifted lazily to the ceiling of the cave, then out into the night.
2. gradually drift = stopniowo znieś gradually drift
3. drift idly = znieś bezczynnie drift idly
(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
(13) casually, effortlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) constantly, endlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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