drift
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.Examples: "Some log perhaps upon the waters swam, a useless drift."countablephysicaluncountable
2. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.Examples: "a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc."; "Drifts of rising dust involve the sky."; "We […] got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice]."countablephysicaluncountable
3. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.countablephysicaluncountable
4. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.Examples: "cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drifts doing much damage to the high ways)"countablephysicaluncountable
5. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.Examples: "It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences."countablephysicaluncountable
6. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.countablephysicaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.Examples: "The boat drifted away from the shore."; "The balloon was drifting in the breeze."; "One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions."intransitive
2. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.Examples: "He drifted from town to town, never settling down."intransitive
3. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.Examples: "This car tends to drift left at high speeds."; "Midway through the half, Argentine Tevez did begin to drift inside in order to exert his influence but by this stage Mick McCarthy's side had gone 1-0 up and looked comfortable."intransitive
4. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.Examples: "1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua I was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria"transitive
5. (transitive) To drive into heaps.Examples: "A current of wind drifts snow or sand"transitive
6. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.Examples: "Snow or sand drifts."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary