Drift ¹

Definition: A driving; a violent movement.

Drift ²

Definition: The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

Drift ³

Definition: Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

Drift ⁴

Definition: 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 ⁵

Definition: That which is driven, forced, or urged along

Drift ⁶

Definition: Anything driven at random.

Drift ⁷

Definition: A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.

Drift ⁸

Definition: A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.

Drift ⁹

Definition: The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Drift ¹⁰

Definition: In South Africa, a ford in a river.

Drift ¹¹

Definition: 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 ¹²

Definition: A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.

Drift ¹³

Definition: A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

Drift ¹⁴

Definition: A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

Drift ¹⁵

Definition: The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

Drift ¹⁶

Definition: The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.

Drift ¹⁷

Definition: 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 ¹⁸

Definition: The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

Drift ¹⁹

Definition: 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.

Drift ²⁰

Definition: 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.

Drift ²¹

Definition: To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.

Drift ²²

Definition: to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.

Drift ²³

Definition: To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.

Drift ²⁴

Definition: To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.

Drift ²⁵

Definition: To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.

Drift ²⁶

Definition: That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.

drift ²⁷

Definition: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

drift ²⁸

Definition: general meaning or tenor; "caught the drift of the conversation"

drift ²⁹

Definition: 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 ³⁰

Definition: something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents

drift ³¹

Definition: a force that moves something along

drift ³²

Definition: the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)

drift ³³

Definition: a process of linguistic change over a period of time

drift ³⁴

Definition: 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 ³⁵

Definition: be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"

drift ³⁶

Definition: drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"

drift ³⁷

Definition: cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"

drift ³⁸

Definition: 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

drift ³⁹

Definition: 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"

drift ⁴⁰

Definition: move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"

drift ⁴¹

Definition: 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"

drift ⁴²

Definition: live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"

drift ⁴³

Definition: vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"