Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tramp | Yes | No | Yes | No |
drift | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tramp (noun) | drift (noun) |
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a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine |
a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule | the pervading meaning or tenor |
a heavy footfall | a general tendency to change (as of opinion) |
a vagrant | a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents |
a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex | a force that moves something along |
a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure) | the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) |
a process of linguistic change over a period of time |
tramp (verb) | drift (verb) |
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travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition | be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current |
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud | be subject to fluctuation |
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | drive slowly and far afield for grazing |
cross on foot | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment |
be in motion due to some air or water current | |
wander from a direct course or at random | |
move in an unhurried fashion | |
cause to be carried by a current | |
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | |
vary or move from a fixed point or course |