drift
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noun
1 slow movement
ADJECTIVE
▪ gradual, slow
▪ leftward, rightward
▪ He criticized the rightward drift of the party.
▪ continental
PREPOSITION
▪ drift (away) from
▪ the drift of people away from rural areas into urban slums
▪ drift (back) to
▪ As the strike went on, there was a gradual drift back to work.
▪ drift into
▪ drift towards/toward
2 general meaning of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ general, main
VERB + DRIFT
▪ catch, follow, get
▪ I didn't follow the speech exactly, but I caught the main drift of what was being said.
3 pile of snow/sand made by the wind
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ sand, snow (usually snowdrift)
{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb
1 be carried along by the wind/water
ADVERB
▪ slowly
▪ helplessly
▪ Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly closer to the Arctic.
▪ downstream
▪ The boat drifted slowly downstream.
▪ along, back, down, out, up, etc.
▪ Smoke drifted up from the campfire.
PREPOSITION
▪ from, to, towards/toward, etc.
▪ They were drifting out to sea.
▪ with
▪ We drifted with the current.
2 move slowly/without purpose
ADVERB
▪ aimlessly
▪ gradually, slowly
▪ Her gaze gradually drifted to the bookshelf.
▪ quietly, silently
▪ eventually, finally
▪ He finally drifted back to his home town.
▪ about (esp. BrE), around, back, down, round (esp. BrE), up, etc.
▪ Voices drifted up through the floorboards.
▪ apart, away, off
▪ Over the years the two friends drifted apart.
VERB + DRIFT
▪ begin to
▪ seem to
▪ allow sth to, let sth
▪ He allowed his thoughts to drift back to his conversation with Carrie.
PREPOSITION
▪ about (BrE), around, round (esp. BrE)
▪ He spent the day drifting aimlessly around the house.
▪ across
▪ She drifted across the room to where we were standing.
▪ between
▪ She began to drift between sleep and wakefulness.
▪ from
▪ We seem to be drifting away from the point.
▪ into
▪ He drifted into teaching, but never really enjoyed it.
▪ out of
▪ He drifted in and out of consciousness.
PHRASAL VERB
drift off
ADVERB
▪ gradually, slowly
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪ He drifted off into a deep slumber.
PHRASES
▪ drift off to sleep
▪ She closed her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Drift is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑
attention, ↑
boat, ↑
breeze, ↑
cloud, ↑
continent, ↑
conversation, ↑
eye, ↑
fog, ↑
gaze, ↑
mind, ↑
mist, ↑
music, ↑
scent, ↑
smell, ↑
smoke, ↑
snow, ↑
snowflake, ↑
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