"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
2. gradually drift = stopniowo znieś gradually drift
  • Good friends, they gradually drifted into the habit of singing together in the evenings after work.
  • Happy together at first they had three sons and four daughters, but gradually drifted apart.
  • She's drifting away from us gradually, and she never really looks at the twins, like they scare her now.
  • In the warmth of the night he drifted gradually into sleep.
  • His senses were gradually drifting to another place and time.
  • The other diners gradually drifted away as nothing exciting happened.
  • Afterward, the students gradually drifted away without any speeches or other activities.
  • It gradually drifted to the west, becoming a tropical depression.
  • The smoke was gradually drifting lower again, no longer filling the entire tunnel.
  • The storm gradually drifted north over the next day maintaining strength.
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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