drift

«drift» in Mova's school dictionary: to be carried slowly along by water or air, without control — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (drift, drifts, drifted, drifting); noun (a drift, drifts)

meaning for a pupil

1) To drift means to be carried slowly along by water or air, without control. tree →

2) To drift means to move or change slowly without a plan: drift off to sleep, drift apart. tree →

3) A drift is a big pile of snow or sand blown by the wind. tree →

4) The drift of what someone says is its general meaning. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science, boats, leaves and icebergs drift on water; continents slowly drift over millions of years. In winter, snowdrifts block roads. In safety lessons at the beach, inflatables can drift out to sea, so stay close to shore. Phrases: drift off, drift apart, snowdrift, get the drift.

examples

• The boat drifted down the river. tree →
• Leaves drifted slowly to the ground. tree →
• I drifted off to sleep during the film. tree →
• The snow made huge drifts by the door. tree →
• Don't let your inflatable drift out to sea. tree →
• The continents drift very slowly. tree →
• Do you get my drift? tree →
• The boat drifted farther and farther away. tree →

note

Regular verb: drifted. Countable noun: a drift, drifts; snowdrift is one word. Safety: if you drift out at sea, stay calm, float, wave and shout for help; don't swim against a rip current.

In the corpora

• Drifting along, the Mole trails a paw in the water and dreams.
• People looking at a phone while walking drift off line and notice less around them.
• The boys look at her, look at each other, and drift off muttering.
• Drifting can be fixed, too, when there's a real problem to talk about.
• Drifting apart can hurt even when there has been no fight.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drift» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.