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drift in WordNet English dictionary
verb- be in motion due to some air or water current
"The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
float drift be adrift blow
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
roll wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift vagabond
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
"snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
drift
- be subject to fluctuation
"The stock market drifted upward"
drift
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
"drift the cattle herds westwards"
drift
- wander from a direct course or at random
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
stray err drift
- move in an unhurried fashion
"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
drift
- cause to be carried by a current
"drift the boats downstream"
drift
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
freewheel drift
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
"stock prices are drifting higher"
drift
noun- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
drift heading gallery
- the pervading meaning or tenor
"caught the general drift of the conversation"
drift purport
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
drift trend movement
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
drift
- a force that moves something along
drift impetus impulsion
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
drift
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
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