| VERB | motion | drift, float, be adrift, blow | be in motion due to some air or water current |
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| motion | drift, stray, err | wander from a direct course or at random | |
| motion | drift, roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, vagabond | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | |
| stative | drift | vary or move from a fixed point or course / course | |
| stative | drift, freewheel | live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | |
| motion | drift | move in an unhurried fashion | |
| motion | drift | cause to be carried by a current | |
| contact | drift | drive slowly and far afield for grazing | |
| change | drift | be subject to fluctuation | |
| change | drift | be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current | |
| NOUN | phenomenon | drift, impetus, impulsion | a force that moves something along |
| process | drift | the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) | |
| process | drift | a process of linguistic change over a period of time | |
| object | drift | a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents | |
| cognition | drift, trend, movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | |
| cognition | drift, purport | the pervading meaning / meaning or tenor | |
| artifact | drift, heading, gallery | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine |
| Sounds | drih'ft | |
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| Rhymes | adrift ... uplift: 18 rhymes with ihft... | |
| Meaning | A force that moves something along. | |
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| Synonyms | impetus, impulsion | |
| Broader | force | (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
| Spanish | impulsión | |
| Catalan | impulsió | |
| Verbs | drift | be in motion due to some air or water current |
| drift | cause to be carried by a current | |
| Meaning | The gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane). | |
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| Category | airplane, aeroplane, plane | An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets |
| ship | A vessel that carries passengers or freight | |
| Narrower | leeway | (of a ship or plane) sideways drift |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Verbs | drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
| Meaning | A process of linguistic change over a period of time. | |
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| Narrower | melioration | The linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning / meaning |
| Broader | linguistic process | A process involved in human language |
| Meaning | A large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents. | |
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| Narrower | drumlin | A mound of glacial drift |
| snowdrift | A mass of snow heaped up by the wind | |
| Broader | mass | A body of matter without definite shape |
| Spanish | vagar | |
| Catalan | vagar | |
| Verbs | drift | be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current |
| Meaning | A general tendency to change (as of opinion). | |
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| Synonyms | trend, movement | |
| Narrower | evolutionary trend | A general direction of evolutionary change |
| gravitation | A figurative movement toward some attraction | |
| Broader | inclination, disposition, tendency | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
| Spanish | corriente, tendencia | |
| Catalan | corrent | |
| Verbs | drift | be subject to fluctuation |
| drive | move into a desired direction of discourse | |
| Meaning | The pervading meaning / meaning or tenor. | |
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| Example | "caught the general drift of the conversation" | |
| Synonym | purport | |
| Broader | tenor, strain | The general meaning / meaning or substance of an utterance |
| Spanish | propósito, sentido, significado | |
| Verbs | drive | move into a desired direction of discourse |
| Meaning | A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine. | |
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| Example | "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" | |
| Synonyms | heading, gallery | |
| Category | mining, excavation | The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth |
| Broader | passageway | A passage between rooms or between buildings |
| Spanish | galería | |
| Catalan | galeria | |
| Verbs | drive | excavate horizontally |
| Meaning | Be in motion due to some air or water current. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Examples |
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| Synonyms | float, be adrift, 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 | |
| Nouns | drift | a force that moves something along |
| Meaning | wander from a direct course or at random. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "don't drift from the set course" | |
| Synonyms | stray, err | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
| Spanish | descarriarse, desencaminarse, desviarse, errar | |
| Nouns | drift | the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) |
| driftage | the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting / drifting | |
| drifting | aimless wandering from place to place | |
| Meaning | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "the laborers drift from one town to the next" | |
| Synonyms | roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, vagabond | |
| Narrower | gallivant, gad, jazz around | wander aimlessly in search of pleasure |
| maunder | wander aimlessly | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Similar to | stray, err, drift | wander from a direct course or at random |
| wander | Go via an indirect route or at no set pace | |
| Spanish | caminar, deambular, errar, girar, rondar, vagabundear, vagar | |
| Catalan | caminar, deambular, girar, rondar, vagabundejar, vagarejar, vagar | |
| Nouns | drifter | a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support |
| drifting | aimless wandering from place to place | |
| Meaning | Vary or move from a fixed point or course / course. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "stock prices are drifting higher" | |
| Broader | vary | Be subject to change in accordance with a variable |
| Similar to | drift | Be subject to fluctuation |
| Meaning | Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" | |
| Synonym | freewheel | |
| Broader | exist, survive, live, subsist | support oneself |
| Similar to | drift | Move in an unhurried fashion |
| Spanish | ir sin rumbo, vivir sin rumbo | |
| Meaning | Move in an unhurried fashion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" | |
| Broader | circulate | Move around freely |
| Similar to | freewheel, drift | Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely |
| Spanish | pasearse | |
| Meaning | Cause to be carried by a current. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "drift the boats downstream" | |
| Broader | float | Set afloat |
| Similar to | float, drift, be adrift, blow | Be in motion due to some air or water current |
| Nouns | drift | a force that moves something along |
| Meaning | Drive slowly and far afield for grazing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "drift the cattle herds westwards" | |
| Broader | crop, graze, pasture | Let feed in a field or pasture or meadow |
| Meaning | Be subject to fluctuation. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The stock market drifted upward" | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | drift | Vary or move from a fixed point or course / course |
| Nouns | drift | a general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
| Meaning | Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Broader | accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass | Collect or gather |
| Nouns | drift | a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents |
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