drift -
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 -
the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
natural action,
natural process,
activity,
action a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
aeroplane,
airplane,
plane an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
drift -
a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
mass (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
drift -
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
tenor,
strain the pitch range of the highest male voice
drift -
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
linguistic process the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
Verb
drift -
be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
drift -
cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"
float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
drift -
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 -
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"
locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
drift -
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"
locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
waft be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room"
drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
stream exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
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"
locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
drift -
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
drift -
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
drift -
A place a ford along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
drift -
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
drift -
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
drift -
That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
drift -
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc. , especially by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
drift -
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
drift -
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
drift -
A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
drift -
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblongprojectiles.
drift -
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
drift -
The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
drift -
The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
drift -
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
drift -
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
drift -
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
