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English to English adjective
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That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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a force that moves something along | | source: wordnet30
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the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) | | source: wordnet30
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a process of linguistic change over a period of time | | source: wordnet30
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a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents | | source: wordnet30
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a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | | Example: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
a broad movement of the electorate to the right
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the pervading meaning or tenor | | Example: caught the general drift of the conversation
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a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | | Example: they dug a drift parallel with the vein
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A driving; a violent movement. | | source: webster1913
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One of the slower movements of oceanic circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind; as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be in motion due to some air or water current | | Example: 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
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wander from a direct course or at random | | Example: The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
don't drift from the set course
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move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | | Example: 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
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vary or move from a fixed point or course | | Example: stock prices are drifting higher
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live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely | | Example: My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
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move in an unhurried fashion | | Example: The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests
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cause to be carried by a current | | Example: drift the boats downstream
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drive slowly and far afield for grazing | | Example: drift the cattle herds westwards
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be subject to fluctuation | | Example: The stock market drifted upward
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be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current | | Example: snow drifting several feet high
sand drifting like snow
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To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. | | source: webster1913
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To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. | | source: webster1913
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