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Be adrift Uncommon

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

be in motion due to some air or water current

"The leaves were blowing in the wind"

"the boat drifted on the lake"

"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"

"the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

Example Sentences
"The leaves were blowing in the wind" verb
"the boat drifted on the lake" verb
"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea" verb
"the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
travel
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
waft tide stream
Rhyming Words
ift gift tift nift sift lift zift rift smift drift shift grift swift clift skift snift relift thrift shrift uplift
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