HyperDic: drift_off

English > 1 sense of the expression drift off:
VERBbodydrift off, fall asleep, dope off, flake out, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse offchange from a waking to a sleeping state
English > drift off: 1 sense > verb 1, body
Meaningchange from a waking to a sleeping state.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsfall asleep, dope off, flake out, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off
Narrowerzonk outfall asleep fast, as when one is extremely tired
Oppositewake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, wakenstop sleeping
Spanishadormecerse, dormirse
Catalanadormir-se, endormiscar-se

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