float (v)
drift#2 (v)
be adrift (v)
blow (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 38
def be in motion due to some air or water current
examples 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
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym travel, go, move, locomote
Derivationally related form blow → blow
Derivationally related form drift → drift
Verb Group float; drift
Hyponym waft; tide; stream
Incoming links
Derivationally related form drift → drift
Derivationally related form blow → blow
Hyponym travel, go, move, locomote
Verb Group float; drift
Cause fly
Hypernym waft; tide; stream

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