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"ref": "2012, David L. Culp, The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage, Timber Press, page 168",
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"ref": "1867, E. Andrews, \"Observations on the Glacial Drift beneath the bed of Lake Michigan,\" American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. 43, nos. 127-129, page 75",
"text": "It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences."
}
],
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"Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys."
],
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"Movement",
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[
"collection",
"collection"
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[
"boulder",
"boulder"
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[
"surface",
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[
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],
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"(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys."
],
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"countable",
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{
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"word": "moreeni"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach."
],
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[
"Movement",
"movement"
],
[
"Driftwood",
"driftwood"
],
[
"flotsam",
"flotsam"
],
[
"beach",
"beach"
]
],
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"(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach."
],
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"countable",
"physical",
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "4 3 1 1 2 50 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
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"word": "drivaĵo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 1 1 2 50 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach",
"word": "ajopuu"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1332, author unknown, King Alisaunder",
"text": "The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"A driving; a violent movement."
],
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[
"Movement",
"movement"
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],
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"(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"(obsolete) A driving; a violent movement."
],
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"countable",
"obsolete",
"physical",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting."
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[
"Movement",
"movement"
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[
"Course",
"course"
],
[
"direction",
"direction"
]
],
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"(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting."
],
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"countable",
"physical",
"uncountable"
],
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
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{
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}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid",
"text": "The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
"Movement",
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],
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"(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
"That which is driven, forced, or urged along."
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"countable",
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{
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"adjective"
],
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},
{
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"adjective"
],
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},
{
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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],
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]
},
{
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{
"ref": "1678, Robert South, Prevention of Sin an unvaluable Mercy, sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon on November 10, 1678",
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}
],
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[
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"motion"
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[
"force",
"force"
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[
"impel",
"impel"
]
],
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"countable",
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],
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"neuter"
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"tags": [
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],
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},
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"word": "漂流"
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{
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],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"word": "漂流"
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],
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"tags": [
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],
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},
{
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"tags": [
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],
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"tags": [
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],
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],
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]
},
{
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{
"text": "c. early 1700s, Joseph Addison, A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning\nHe has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general."
},
{
"ref": "1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, translated by Nevill Coghill, The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, page 216",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
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"act"
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[
"argument",
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],
[
"course",
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],
[
"intention",
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],
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{
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"tags": [
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],
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],
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],
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},
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"feminine"
],
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],
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]
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"Fundamental"
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],
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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],
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],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 43 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 0 1",
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{
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}
]
},
{
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[
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[
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"uncountable"
],
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{
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 74 0",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc."
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{
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{
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{
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"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "漂流"
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{
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"word": "drivi"
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{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
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},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "ajautua"
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{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "driften"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōryū suru",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "漂流する"
},
{
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"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "māeroero"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
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},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "teki"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "mi",
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{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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},
{
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"word": "kōrewarewa"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "dryfować"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drejfovátʹ",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дрейфова́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 6 2 3 2 2 2 2 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "driva"
}
]
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{
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{
"text": "He drifted from town to town, never settling down.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To move haphazardly without any destination."
],
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination."
],
"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "debalar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "calandriar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nosja se",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "нося се"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "drivi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "harhailla"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "hortoilla"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "kuljeskella"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "errer"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "irren"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "ziellos ziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "ziellos wandern"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "māeroero"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "whakatairangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "tūkōripi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "daffe"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snosítʹsja",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сноси́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nosítʹsja",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "носи́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 1 1 1 1 1 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "ir a la deriva"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "This car tends to drift left at high speeds.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4-3 Wolves”, in BBC",
"text": "Midway through the half, Argentine Tevez did begin to drift inside in order to exert his influence but by this stage Mick McCarthy's side had gone 1-0 up and looked comfortable.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."
],
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"(intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejfuvam",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "дрейфувам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "trekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "ajautua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "dévier"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "abdriften nach"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "ziehen nach"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "niskháf",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "נסחף"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "vandre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отклоня́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonítʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отклони́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxodítʹ",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сходи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sojtí",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сойти́"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smeščátʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смеща́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 87 1 1 1 1 1 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smestítʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "смести́ться"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua\nI was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body."
],
"id": "en-drift-en-verb-Q6-~Foso",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 84 5 1 1 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drive or carry, as currents do a floating body",
"word": "kuljettaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 84 5 1 1 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drive or carry, as currents do a floating body",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 1 84 5 1 1 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drive or carry, as currents do a floating body",
"word": "whātino"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A current of wind drifts snow or sand",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drive into heaps."
],
"id": "en-drift-en-verb-u6lEOf0N",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To drive into heaps."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 1 2 4 76 11 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drive into heaps",
"word": "kinostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 2 4 76 11 1 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of snow",
"sense": "to drive into heaps",
"word": "nietostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 1 2 4 76 11 1 1 2",
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"uncountable"
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[
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"(mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation."
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"(mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course."
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"(mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal."
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"games",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tečenie",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejf",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piāoliú",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "漂流"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "triiv"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "ajautuminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "ajelehtiminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Drift"
},
{
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "anod"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"alt": "ひょうりゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōryū",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "漂流"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"word": "dreifēt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "pt",
"english": "on water",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deriva"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "on land",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "ru",
"english": "current",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tečénije",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drejf",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дрейф"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "act or motion of drifting",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasoka",
"sense": "course or direction along which anything is driven; setting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "course or direction along which anything is driven; setting",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "course or direction along which anything is driven; setting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "course or direction along which anything is driven; setting",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "it",
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{
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"sense": "the tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention",
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"sense": "the tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "mi",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "that which is driven, forced, or urged along",
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"adjective"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "that which is driven, forced, or urged along",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"note": "as a compound",
"sense": "that which is driven, forced, or urged along",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "that which is driven, forced, or urged along",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "that which is driven, forced, or urged along",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "materiale alluvionale"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "that which is driven, forced, or urged along",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morena"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "anything driven at random",
"word": "vagar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"word": "vagarejar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"word": "drive"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "ajautuva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "ajelehtiva"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"word": "ir a la deriva"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"word": "vagar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anything driven at random",
"word": "driva"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "navjavane",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "навяване"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "závěj"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"word": "kasaantuma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"word": "kasautuma"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "síobadh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "síobán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cumolo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ammasso"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"word": "pārāriki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"word": "paratai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"word": "zaspa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc.",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "driva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "drove or flock",
"word": "lauma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments",
"word": "vaakavoima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments",
"word": "vaakapaine"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface",
"word": "moreeni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"word": "tuurna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"word": "merasin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"word": "tamppi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"word": "avennin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"word": "ulospakotin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punzone"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "torsello"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework",
"word": "survin"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework",
"word": "drift"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles",
"word": "poikkeama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel",
"word": "tunneli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel",
"word": "perä"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel",
"word": "drift"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejf",
"sense": "distance through which a current flows in a given time",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дрейф"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance through which a current flows in a given time",
"word": "etenemä"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejf",
"sense": "angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дрейф"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting",
"word": "sortokulma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting",
"word": "drift"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejf",
"sense": "distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дрейф"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes",
"word": "sorto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes",
"word": "sortuma"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes",
"word": "pārāriki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes",
"word": "paratai"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off",
"word": "kupu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance between the two blocks of a tackle",
"word": "väkipyörien etäisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance between the two blocks of a tackle",
"word": "pylpyröiden etäisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance between the two blocks of a tackle",
"word": "plokien etäisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven",
"word": "välys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler",
"word": "ajautuma"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach",
"word": "drivaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach",
"word": "ajopuu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slow, cumulative change",
"word": "ryömintä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slow, cumulative change",
"word": "vaeltelu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "slow, cumulative change",
"word": "ajautuminen"
}
],
"word": "drift"
}
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"word": "bedrift"
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{
"word": "drift along"
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{
"word": "drift apart"
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{
"word": "drift off"
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{
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"3": "",
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{
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"1": "de",
"2": "Drift",
"3": "",
"4": "drift"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Trift",
"3": "",
"4": "drove, pasture"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "drift",
"3": "",
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{
"args": {
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"2": "drift",
"3": "",
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
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"3": "",
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "drifts",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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{
"form": "drifting",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The boat drifted away from the shore.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The balloon was drifting in the breeze.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"current",
"current"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He drifted from town to town, never settling down.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To move haphazardly without any destination."
],
"links": [
[
"haphazardly",
"haphazardly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This car tends to drift left at high speeds.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4-3 Wolves”, in BBC",
"text": "Midway through the half, Argentine Tevez did begin to drift inside in order to exert his influence but by this stage Mick McCarthy's side had gone 1-0 up and looked comfortable.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."
],
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"(intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua\nI was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body."
],
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"(transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A current of wind drifts snow or sand",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To drive into heaps."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To drive into heaps."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Snow or sand drifts.",
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],
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"To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps."
],
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"accumulate"
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"heap",
"heap"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"en:Mining"
],
"glosses": [
"To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect."
],
"links": [
[
"mining",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect."
],
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"US"
],
"topics": [
"business",
"mining"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift."
],
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[
"engineering",
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],
[
"enlarge",
"enlarge"
],
[
"shape",
"shape"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
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"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
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"en:Automotive"
],
"glosses": [
"To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport)."
],
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[
"automotive",
"automotive"
],
[
"oversteer",
"oversteer"
],
[
"vehicle",
"vehicle"
],
[
"traction",
"traction"
],
[
"corner",
"corner"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport)."
],
"topics": [
"automotive",
"transport",
"vehicles"
]
}
],
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},
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"rhymes": "-ɪft"
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{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "debalar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejfuvam",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "дрейфувам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "piāoliú",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "漂流"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "drivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "ajelehtia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "ajautua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "dériver"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "driften"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"alt": "ひょうりゅうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōryū suru",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "漂流する"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "māeroero"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "makihoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "teki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "maero"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "whātino"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "kōrewarewa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "dryfować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drejfovátʹ",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дрейфова́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc",
"word": "driva"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "debalar"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "calandriar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nosja se",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "нося се"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "drivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "harhailla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "hortoilla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "kuljeskella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "errer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "irren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "ziellos ziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "ziellos wandern"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "māeroero"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "whakatairangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "tūkōripi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "daffe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snosítʹsja",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сноси́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nosítʹsja",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "носи́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "errar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move haphazardly without any destination",
"word": "ir a la deriva"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "drejfuvam",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "дрейфувам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "trekken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "ajautua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "dévier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "abdriften nach"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "ziehen nach"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "niskháf",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "נסחף"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "vandre"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"word": "derivar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отклоня́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otklonítʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отклони́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxodítʹ",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сходи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sojtí",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сойти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smeščátʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смеща́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smestítʹsja",
"sense": "to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "смести́ться"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drive or carry, as currents do a floating body",
"word": "kuljettaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drive or carry, as currents do a floating body",
"word": "treiben"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drive or carry, as currents do a floating body",
"word": "whātino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drive into heaps",
"word": "kinostaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of snow",
"sense": "to drive into heaps",
"word": "nietostaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drive into heaps",
"word": "zu einen Haufen zusammenwehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drive into heaps",
"word": "sich zu einer Verwehung anhäufen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to accumulate in heaps by the force of wind",
"word": "kinostua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of snow",
"sense": "to accumulate in heaps by the force of wind",
"word": "nietostua"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accumulate in heaps by the force of wind",
"word": "zu Haufen zusammengeweht werden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to accumulate in heaps by the force of wind",
"word": "Verwehungen bilden"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to accumulate in heaps by the force of wind",
"word": "síob"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a drift; to examine a vein",
"word": "ajaa perä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift",
"word": "aventaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "driftata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "ajaa luisussa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "driften"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dorifuto",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "ドリフト"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "derrapar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "driftovatʹ",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "дрифтовать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "topitʹ",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "топить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "valitʹ bokom",
"sense": "to oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction",
"word": "валить боком"
}
],
"word": "drift"
}
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