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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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drifter

/ˈdrɪftə/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdrɪftə/
drifter
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final r is pronounced in US English

drif - ter -> drifter

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပိုက်ချသည့်တံငါလှေ။ပိုက်ကြီးတင်လှေ။

Full entry

drift /drÇft/ n

၁။ [U] (က) တသွင်သွင်စီးဆင်းခြင်း၊ တိုက်ခတ် ခြင်း။ တဖြည်းဖြည်း ရွေ့လျားခြင်း။
the drift of the tide/current ❍ the drift of people from the country into the towns.
(ခ) သင်္ဘောမျောပါ၊ လွင့်ပါခြင်း။
၂။ [C] မကောင်းသော အခြေအနေသို့ တစ်စတစ်စ ကျရောက်ခြင်း။
a slow drift into debt/war/crisis ❍ a drift away from traditional values.
၃။ [sing] ဆိုလိုရင်း။ အာဘော်။
My German isn't very good, but I got the drift of what she said. ❍ I don't think I quite catch your drift.
၄။ [C] လေသယ်ပို့သဖြင့် ဖြစ်နေသည့် အစုအပုံ။ deep snow-drifts ❍ spring flowers in beautiful drifts. See also CONTINENTAL DRIFT
v
၁။ မျောပါသည်။ လွင့်ပါသည်။ လွင့်မျောသည်။ We switched off the motor and started to drift (along). ❍ The boat drifted down the river. ❍ (fig ) Voices drifted across the garden. ❍ Time drifted past. ❍ My thoughts drifted back to my childhood.
၂။ (က) တဖြည်းဖြည်း သွားသည်။
The crowds drifted away from the stadium. ❍ She finally drifted in two hours after everyone else.
(ခ) [ဥ]သူ့အရှိန်နှင့်သူလိမ့်သည်။
အလိုလိုရောက်သွားသည်။
I'm happy to let things drift for now. ❍ The talk drifted back to politics. ❍ I didn't mean to be a teacher—I just drifted into it.
၃။ (သဲ၊ နှင်းစသည်) လေသယ်ပို့၍ အစုအပုံ ဖြစ်သည်။
Some roads are closed because of drifting.
၄။ မျှောသည်။ လွင့်ပါစေသည်။
The logs are drifted downstream to the mill. ❍ The wind drifted the snow into a high bank.
❏ drift off [PHRV ] အိပ်ပျော်သွားသည်။ It was 3 o'clock before I finally drifted off (to sleep).
❏ drifter n (usu derog ) ခြေသလုံးအိမ်တိုင်။ ရေမျော ကမ်းတင်။
❏ drift-net n မျှောပိုက်။

More examples
  • The boat started to drift out to sea.
  • Thick smoke drifted across the town.
  • People were drifting around the conference centre.
  • He was drifting in and out of consciousness.
  • The conversation drifted from one dull subject to the another.
  • I just drifted into nursing really.
Synonyms
float, flow, glide, go with the flow, coast, waft, accumulate, accumulation, aim, alluvion, amass, amble, bank, batch, be carried along, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, dance, deposit, design, direction, draw near, end, flicker, flit, flitter, flutter, gad, gallivant, gather, gist, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, heap, hill, hover, idea, implication, import, intention, kick around, linger, lot, malinger, mass, meander, meaning, mosey, mound, mountain, move aimlessly, muck, object, parcel, pile, point, progress, progression, purport, ride, sail, saunter, scope, scud, sense, set, shock, significance, skim, slide, stack, stray, stroll, tend, tendency, tenor, theme, wander, wash
Antonyms
decide, direct, disperse, dissipate, ditch, divide, go direct, guide, individual, insignificance, one, run, scatter, set, spend, stay, valley, whole
Cross references
floatflowglidego with the flowcoastwaftaccumulateaccumulationaimalluvionamassamblebankbatchbe carried alongbunchbundleclumpclusterdancedepositdesigndirectiondraw nearendflickerflitflitter
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