"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
4. drift softly = znieś łagodnie drift softly
  • At times, white clouds drifted softly, released the gentle rain.
  • What were those white fluffy things drifting softly down from the sky?
  • The snow drifted softly earthward from the gray skies above.
  • White speckled the darkness beyond the battlement, drifting softly to cover the ground.
  • Sergei's voice softly drifted out of the darkness.
  • At one point the image is drops of water that might be rain or tears, each drop landing with violence, then drifting softly downward.
  • If in the past Mr. Owens's skirts dragged on the floor, they now drifted softly around the hips and legs.
  • We stood clasped together as the ash drifted softly down upon us.
  • His mother drifted softly into death six months later.
  • Voices drifted softly across the water, and soon townspeople began to gather along tk, shore to watch their ship depart.
(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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