drift apart — verb lose personal contact over time The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married • Syn: ↑drift away • Hypernyms: ↑estrange, ↑alienate, ↑alien, ↑disaffect … Useful english dictionary
drift apart — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms drift apart : present tense I/you/we/they drift apart he/she/it drifts apart present participle drifting apart past tense drifted apart past participle drifted apart if two or more people drift apart, their… … English dictionary
drift apart phr v — When they bought a water bed, the couple started to drift apart … English expressions
drift apart — get carried along, grow apart, get further away from, stay at a distance … English contemporary dictionary
drift — [drift] n. [ME (akin to ON & MDu drift, OHG trift) < OE drifan, DRIVE] 1. an act or instance of being driven or carried along, as by a current of air or water or by circumstances 2. the course on which something is directed or driven 3. the… … English World dictionary
drift — drift1 [drıft] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move slowly)¦ 2¦(without plan)¦ 3¦(change)¦ 4¦(money/prices)¦ 5¦(snow/sand)¦ 6 let something drift Phrasal verbs drift apart drift off ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
apart — a|part W1S3 [əˈpa:t US a:rt] adv, adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not close/touching)¦ 2¦(in different pieces)¦ 3¦(separate)¦ 4¦(not at same time)¦ 5¦(people)¦ 6 fall apart 7 be torn apart 8 be worlds/poles apart 9 grow/drift apart … Dictionary of contemporary English
drift — 1 verb (I) 1 to move slowly on water or in the air (+ out/towards etc): The rubber raft drifted out to sea. 2 (always + adv/prep) to move or go somewhere without any plan or purpose (+ around/along etc): Jenni spent the year drifting around… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
drift — drift1 [ drıft ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or water: The boat started to drift out to sea. Thick smoke from a forest fire drifted across the town. a ) if snow or sand drifts, the wind blows it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
drift — I UK [drɪft] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms drift : present tense I/you/we/they drift he/she/it drifts present participle drifting past tense drifted past participle drifted ** 1) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or… … English dictionary
Drift (telecommunication) — In telecommunication, a drift is a comparatively long term change in an attribute, value, or operational parameter of a system or equipment. The drift should be characterized, such as diurnal frequency drift and output level drift. Drift is… … Wikipedia
