Drift and Wing

Drift

Drift verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.

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Wing and drift are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wing" instead a verb "Drift".

Nearby Words: drifted, drifting, drifter, driftage

Wing verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.

Usage example: watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter

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Drift and wing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drift" instead a verb "Wing".

Nearby Words: winging, winged, winger, wingless

original	original drift	original wing
large	large drift	large wing
wrong	wrong drift	wrong wing
main	main drift	main wing
Other adjectives: new, political, minimum.

way

drift way

wing way

Moderate Republicans likewise lament the party of Lincoln's drift to the Right, nostalgic for the time when they were America's progressive left-wing party.

Source: Glory Days
Death by Origin Story: Gasket is killed by an Autobot in Deadlock's back story and Wing is killed by Braid, cementing Drift down his path to redemption.

Source: Comic Book / The Transformers: Drift
If the Tiger's Claw gets destroyed in the original Wing Commander, you see a message saying "With your carrier destroyed, you drift endlessly through the void..." and are sent back to the title screen.

Source: Video Game / Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga

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