Drifted

//ˈdɹɪftɪd//

Synonyms for "drifted" (491 found)

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deviation deviousness digress digression diluvium direction direction line discursion disposition divagate divagation divarication diverge divergence diversion do nothing dogleg double downflow downpour

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Verb(4 words)

err float freewheel go

Noun(12 words)

gallery gravamen guts heading heart heart and soul heartstring heartstrings impetus impulsion inwardness kernel

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make leeway mass maunder meander meaning migrate mill run millrace molehill mooch mope moraine mosey motion mound mountain mounting movement mow muck

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navigate navigation noise nomadize not budge not stir object oblique motion obliquity ongoing onrush onward course orientation outflow overtone pack parcel partiality pass passage pay off penchant peregrinate pererrate pererration pertinence pile pile up piloting pith plow the deep plunging pod point practical consequence predilection pride progress progression project propensity prowl purport purpose pyramid quarter race radial motion ramble rambling random motion range range of meaning real meaning reception reference referent reflowing refluence reflux regression relation relevance rest retrogression rick ride ride the sea rising roam roll rove ruck run run about rush sag sail sailplane saunter school scope scree scud seaplane sediment semantic cluster semantic field sense set sheer shift shifting shifting course shifting path shoal shock shoot sideward motion significance signification significatum signifie silt sinking sinter sit back sit it out skew skim skulk slant slide slip sloth snake snowdrift soar soaring span of meaning spate spirit stack stack up stagnate static steerage steering sternway stockpile straggle strain straying stream stroll structural meaning subsiding substance sum sum and substance surge sweep swerve swerving swing swinging symbolic meaning tack take it easy take the air take wing temper tendency tenor the general tendency the main course thread tide time spirit tone totality of associations track traipse traject trajet tramp transferred meaning trend trip troop turn turning twist twist and turn unadorned meaning undercurrent undertone undertow upward motion vagabond vagabondize value variation veer vegetate volplane waft wait and see walk the tracks walk the waters wander wandering warp wash watch and wait water flow way wayfare wind wing yaw yaw off zeitgeist zigzag

Noun(11 words)

marrow meat moral of the story movement nitty-gritty nub punctum saliens purport quintessence swerve trend

Verb(10 words)

ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

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Our boat drifted to shore on the tide.

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The boat drifted down the stream.

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I felt so good as I lazed in the sunshine that I drifted off to sleep.

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The boat drifted out to sea.

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