be adrift
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be in motion due to some air or water current
The leaves were blowing in the wind
Types & categories
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impulsion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gust |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | float |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | drift |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waft |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stream |