"drift apart" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drifts apart",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifting apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifted apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifted apart",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "drift apart (third-person singular simple present drifts apart, present participle drifting apart, simple past and past participle drifted apart)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (apart)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We used to be good friends but we drifted apart over the years.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931, John Klenner, Just Friends",
          "text": "To think of what we've been, and not to kiss again, seems like pretending it isn't ending, two friends drifting apart, two friends but one broken heart",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness."
      ],
      "id": "en-drift_apart-en-verb-9ladWcgj",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive, of companions) To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of companions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "疏遠"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shūyuǎn",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "疏远"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shēngshū",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "生疏"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "ajautua erilleen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "eltávolodik"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "perdersi di vista"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdaljátʹsja",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "отдаля́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otdalítʹsja",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "отдали́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasxodítʹsja",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "расходи́ться"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razojtísʹ",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разойти́сь"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
          "word": "distanciarse"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drift apart"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drifts apart",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifting apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifted apart",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "drifted apart",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "drift apart (third-person singular simple present drifts apart, present participle drifting apart, simple past and past participle drifted apart)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (apart)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We used to be good friends but we drifted apart over the years.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1931, John Klenner, Just Friends",
          "text": "To think of what we've been, and not to kiss again, seems like pretending it isn't ending, two friends drifting apart, two friends but one broken heart",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive, of companions) To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of companions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/En-au-drift_apart.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "疏遠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūyuǎn",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "疏远"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shēngshū",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "生疏"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "ajautua erilleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "eltávolodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "perdersi di vista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdaljátʹsja",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отдаля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otdalítʹsja",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отдали́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasxodítʹsja",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "расходи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razojtísʹ",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разойти́сь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness",
      "word": "distanciarse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drift apart"
}