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to drift
  1. 1 to drift, to float
  2. 2 to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air
  3. 3 to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
  4. 4 to wander, to walk around aimlessly
  5. 5 to be unsteady, to be unstable
  6. 6 to falter, to flinch, to wince
  7. 7 to live in unreliable circumstances
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· examples

  • The smell of roses hung in the air.

  • The boat was drifting in the ocean.

  • The earth is just a sphere suspended in space.

  • The air was scented with spring flowers.

  • The balloon floated off into the west.

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