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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
NounA force that moves something along [syn: drift, impetus, impulsion]nounThe gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)nounA process of linguistic change over a period of timenounA large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currentsnounA 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" [syn: drift, trend, movement]nounThe pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" [syn: drift, purport]nounA horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" [syn: drift, heading, gallery]verbBe 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" [syn: float, drift, be adrift, blow]verbWander 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" [syn: stray, err, drift]verbMove 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" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]verbVary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"verbLive unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" [syn: freewheel, drift]verbMove in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"verbCause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"verbDrive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"verbBe subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"verbBe piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
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