drift
Example Sentences
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Iran’s stockpile includes basic ordnance designed to drift or be anchored to the floor of the shallow Persian Gulf.
Contact mines can drift around on the surface with the current or can be moored to an anchor on the sea floor.
From Barron's
The car drifts a little to the right, and I yell, “Watch the curb!”
From Literature
He dashed into the house while the smell of hose water and burning plastic drifted up over the patio.
From Literature
If they took on some of the ball-carrying burden, could it allow Earl to drift into dangerous wider areas where his pace and power can create mismatches?
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
