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drift   (TTS Sound)

The noun drift has 7 senses

• drift, impetus, impulsion -- (a force that moves something along)


• drift -- (the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane))


• drift -- (a process of linguistic change over a period of time)


• drift -- (a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents)


• drift, trend, movement -- (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, purport -- (the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation")


• drift, heading, gallery -- (a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein")

The verb drift has 10 senses

• float, drift, be adrift, blow -- (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")


• stray, err, 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")


• roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond -- (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")


• drift -- (vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher")


• freewheel, drift -- (live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school")


• drift -- (move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests")


• drift -- (cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream")


• drift -- (drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards")


• drift -- (be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward")


• 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")