be adrift

be adrift
verb
be in motion due to some air or water current
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The leaves were blowing in the wind

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the boat drifted on the lake

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The sailboat was adrift on the open sea

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the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore

Syn: ↑float, ↑drift, ↑blow
Derivationally related forms: ↑blow (for: ↑blow), ↑drift (for: ↑drift)
Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote
Hyponyms: ↑waft, ↑tide, ↑stream
Verb Group: ↑float, ↑drift
Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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