The rattle of our wheels died away as we drove through drifts of rotting vegetation—sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Nature to throw before the carriage of the returning heir of the Baskervilles.
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Drifts
//dɹɪfts//
Synonyms for "drifts" (491 found)
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floatstrayaberrancyaberrationaccumulationadvanceaeroplaneaffective meaningaffluenceaffluxaffluxionaimairliftairplanealluvionalluviumambleangular motionanthillarmy
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arrayascendingascentatmosphericsaxial motionazimuthbackflowingbackingbackward motionballoonbankbank upbatbat aroundbatchbe a sidelinerbe airbornebe stillbear offbearingbendbentbiasblaringblastingblind spotbranching offbrownian movementbumbunchbundlecareercircuitousnessclimbingclumpclusterclutchcoastcockcolonycolorcoloringconcourseconfluenceconfluxconnotationconsequencecontemplatecornercount tiescoursecrawlingcreepingcrookcrosscurrentcruisecurrentcurvedancedartdebrisdeclinationdefluxiondelaydenotationdeparturedepositdescendingdescentdetourdetritusdeviancedeviancydeviate
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deviationdeviousnessdigressdigressiondiluviumdirectiondirection linediscursiondispositiondivagatedivagationdivaricationdivergedivergencediversiondo nothingdoglegdoubledownflowdownpour
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downward motiondrift off coursedriftagedriftingdrivedroveduneebbingeffectembankmenterrerrantryessenceexcurseexcursionexcursusexorbitationextensionfade outfade-outfadingfall downfashionferryfetch awayflickerflightflitflitterflockfloodflowflowingfluencyflutterfluxflyfootforceforward motionfreewheelgadgad aboutgallivantgamgangghostgistglacial movementglidego aboutgo astraygo the roundsgrammatical meaninggroupgushhairpinhang firehaycockhaymowhayrickhaystackheadingheapheap uphelmsmanshipherdhibernatehillhit the roadhit the trailhobohophosthoverhydroplaneideaidleimpactimplicationimportinactioninclinationincliningindirectioninflowintensionintentintentioninterferencejauntjetkennelknock aboutknock aroundlayleewaylexical meaninglielie dormantlineline of directionline of marchlingerliteral meaninglitterloesslotloungemain currentmainstream
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make leewaymassmaundermeandermeaningmigratemill runmillracemolehillmoochmopemorainemoseymotionmoundmountainmountingmovementmowmuck
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navigatenavigationnoisenomadizenot budgenot stirobjectoblique motionobliquityongoingonrushonward courseorientationoutflowovertonepackparcelpartialitypasspassagepay offpenchantperegrinatepererratepererrationpertinencepilepile uppilotingpithplow the deepplungingpodpointpractical consequencepredilectionprideprogressprogressionprojectpropensityprowlpurportpurposepyramidquarterraceradial motionrambleramblingrandom motionrangerange of meaningreal meaningreceptionreferencereferentreflowingrefluencerefluxregressionrelationrelevancerestretrogressionrickrideride the searisingroamrollroveruckrunrun aboutrushsagsailsailplanesaunterschoolscopescreescudseaplanesedimentsemantic clustersemantic fieldsensesetsheershiftshiftingshifting courseshifting pathshoalshockshootsideward motionsignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesiltsinkingsintersit backsit it outskewskimskulkslantslideslipslothsnakesnowdriftsoarsoaringspan of meaningspatespiritstackstack upstagnatestaticsteeragesteeringsternwaystockpilestragglestrainstrayingstreamstrollstructural meaningsubsidingsubstancesumsum and substancesurgesweepswerveswervingswingswingingsymbolic meaningtacktake it easytake the airtake wingtempertendencytenorthe general tendencythe main coursethreadtidetime spirittonetotality of associationstracktraipsetrajecttrajettramptransferred meaningtrendtriptroopturnturningtwisttwist and turnunadorned meaningundercurrentundertoneundertowupward motionvagabondvagabondizevaluevariationveervegetatevolplanewaftwait and seewalk the trackswalk the waterswanderwanderingwarpwashwatch and waitwater flowwaywayfarewindwingyawyaw offzeitgeistzigzag
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Have you heard of the great Forest of Burzee? Nurse used to sing of it when I was a child. She sang of the big tree-trunks, standing close together, with their roots intertwining below the earth and their branches intertwining above it; of their rough coating of bark and queer, gnarled limbs; of the bushy foliage that roofed the entire forest, save where the sunbeams found a path through which to touch the ground in little spots and to cast weird and curious shadows over the mosses, the lichens and the drifts of dried leaves.
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The aroma from the bakery drifts by my window every morning.
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