drift lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• lose personal contact over time "The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married"
• be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current "snow drifting several feet high" "sand drifting like snow"
• be subject to fluctuation "The stock market drifted upward"
• drive slowly and far afield for grazing "drift the cattle herds westwards"
• cause to be carried by a current "drift the boats downstream"
• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment "The gypsies roamed the woods" "roving vagabonds" "the wandering Jew" "The cattle roam across the prairie" "the laborers drift from one town to the next" "They rolled from town to town"
• 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"
• move in an unhurried fashion "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
• wander from a direct course or at random "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her" "don't drift from the set course"
• live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"