VERB | motion | be adrift, float, drift, blow | be in motion due to some air or water current |
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Meaning | Be in motion due to some air or water current. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonyms | float, drift, blow | |
Caused by | fly | Cause to fly or float |
Narrower | stream | To extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind |
tide | Be carried with the tide | |
waft | Be driven or carried along, as by the air | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Similar to | drift | Cause to be carried by a current |
float | Move lightly, as if suspended | |
Spanish | flotar | |
Catalan | flotar, nedar, surar |
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