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- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
- general meaning or tenor; "caught the drift of the conversation"
- 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"
- something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- 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
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
- be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"
- cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"
- 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 ro
- 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"
- move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
- 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"
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
- vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"
Similar Words: heading,
gallery,
purport,
trend,
movement,
impetus,
impulsion,
roll,
wander,
swan,
stray,
tramp,
roam,
cast,
ramble,
rove,
range,
vagabond,
float,
be adrift,
blow,
err,
freewheel
Hyponyms: evolutionary trend,
gravitation,
drumlin,
snowdrift,
leeway,
melioration,
maunder,
gallivant,
gad,
jazz around,
waft,
tide,
stream
Grouped Verbs: float,
be adrift,
blow,
stray,
err,
wander,
freewheel,
roll,
swan,
tramp,
roam,
cast,
ramble,
rove,
range,
vagabond
Derivational Morphology:
drive,
get,
aim,
impel,
force,
float,
be adrift,
blow,
stray,
err,
trend,
movement,
impetus,
impulsion,
vagrant,
drifter,
floater,
vagabond,
wandering,
roving,
vagabondage,
drifting,
amble,
promenade,
ramble,
saunter,
stroll,
perambulation,
rambler,
wanderer,
roamer,
rover,
bird of passage,
hiker,
tramp,
tramper,
alley cat,
straggler,
strayer,
gust,
blast,
driftage,
free agent,
free spirit,
freewheeler
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