Driftwood
noun
Wood that floats on the sea or on a lake, or arrives on the shore because it was in the water.
They collected driftwood along the shore to use for their campfire.
Often appears as...
- gather driftwood
- collect driftwood
noun
A person or thing that is without direction or purpose and letting the circumstance to decide its path or goal.
He felt like driftwood, pushed around by the forces of life without any control.
Often appears as...
- feel like driftwood
- tossed around like driftwood
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
Wood that floats on the sea or on a lake, or arrives on the shore because it was in the water.
They collected driftwood along the shore to use for their campfire.
Often appears as...
- gather driftwood
- collect driftwood
noun
A person or thing that is without direction or purpose and letting the circumstance to decide its path or goal.
He felt like driftwood, pushed around by the forces of life without any control.
Often appears as...
- feel like driftwood
- tossed around like driftwood
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Origin
Driftwood comes from trees and is shaped by water, making each piece unique.
The artist used bits of driftwood, crafting them into a beautiful sculpture.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmentally Charged
Driftwood is often associated with beach or coastal environments and has a weathered appearance.
The beach was dotted with smooth, sun-bleached driftwood.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Journey
Driftwood is a symbol of travel and transformation, having journeyed through bodies of water.
Walking along the riverbank, I pondered the far-off origins of the driftwood underfoot.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Origin
Driftwood comes from trees and is shaped by water, making each piece unique.
The artist used bits of driftwood, crafting them into a beautiful sculpture.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmentally Charged
Driftwood is often associated with beach or coastal environments and has a weathered appearance.
The beach was dotted with smooth, sun-bleached driftwood.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Journey
Driftwood is a symbol of travel and transformation, having journeyed through bodies of water.
Walking along the riverbank, I pondered the far-off origins of the driftwood underfoot.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Origin
Driftwood comes from trees and is shaped by water, making each piece unique.
The artist used bits of driftwood, crafting them into a beautiful sculpture.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmentally Charged
Driftwood is often associated with beach or coastal environments and has a weathered appearance.
The beach was dotted with smooth, sun-bleached driftwood.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Journey
Driftwood is a symbol of travel and transformation, having journeyed through bodies of water.
Walking along the riverbank, I pondered the far-off origins of the driftwood underfoot.
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Video examples
Log Jam PIPE Dead End...
Barnes is learning the hard way how not to haul giant driftwood logs didn't quite go as planned I didn't even budge that log because of where that log is with all the debris and all the big boulders and everything it's just not gonna slide out of here
Video examples
Dawn Landes: A song for...
nothing consoles me. My mind floats like driftwood, wayward and wild. Ah, listen, dear heart.
Video examples
Log Jam PIPE Dead End...
Barnes is learning the hard way how not to haul giant driftwood logs didn't quite go as planned I didn't even budge that log because of where that log is with all the debris and all the big boulders and everything it's just not gonna slide out of here
Video examples
Dawn Landes: A song for...
nothing consoles me. My mind floats like driftwood, wayward and wild. Ah, listen, dear heart.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Judith Viorst
American Author
In history class, I wrote a poem, 'The Royalists and the Roundheads.' I would write poems about driftwood in art class and little stories about the sun, moon, and stars in science class. Since not many kids were writing in class, I got away with it.
Quote examples
Simon Schama
British Historian
Sculptures created from found materials like ice and thorns, driftwood, and even bleached kangaroo bones all presuppose that artistic design will yield to the cycles of time and climate, whether over an hour or a decade.
Quote examples
Judith Viorst
American Author
In history class, I wrote a poem, 'The Royalists and the Roundheads.' I would write poems about driftwood in art class and little stories about the sun, moon, and stars in science class. Since not many kids were writing in class, I got away with it.
Quote examples
Simon Schama
British Historian
Sculptures created from found materials like ice and thorns, driftwood, and even bleached kangaroo bones all presuppose that artistic design will yield to the cycles of time and climate, whether over an hour or a decade.
Example 1 of 2
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