"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
1. drift gently = znieś łagodnie drift gently
  • The teapot drifted gently to the floor by her feet.
  • At last they reached the bottom of the shaft and drifted gently to a landing.
  • She floated over and drifted gently onto the surface, letting him haul her down.
  • But the land did not move, and only the gently drifting fog gave the earth a living effect.
  • A few feet away, snow drifted gently from an opening in the glass ceiling of the gallery.
  • The others were doing likewise, drifting gently, trying to become organic with Raoul's art.
  • A final pair of tears drift gently down his cheeks.
  • Drifting gently through the hole in the ceiling was the space suited figure of Williamson.
  • He drifted gently over the top of the hipbones and dipped a hand down either side to where the legs should be.
  • Outside, rain began to fall, drifting gently on the tropical breeze.
3. drift lightly = znieś lekko drift lightly
4. drift softly = znieś łagodnie drift softly
(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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