"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
3. drift lightly = znieś lekko drift lightly
  • A mechanical sound drifted lightly from the direc-tion of the castle.
  • Now her own hands seemed to drift lightly over onto his body.
  • It was the fingers drifting lightly across her brow that woke Rennie.
  • Ryder let his fingertips drift lightly across Mary's collarbone, then rest on her shoulder.
  • Sounds of celebration from the city outside drifted lightly in on the evening breeze.
  • It began to snow, the first flakes drifting lightly to ground.
  • The girl's eyes had been gray and clear and the dark hair floated, drifted lightly over the face.
  • The ladders that connected one rooftop to the next were drifted lightly with snow.
  • Her fingertips drifted lightly over the raised type.
  • Their smell drifting lightly on the morning air seemed to signal a new beginning.
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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