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drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | movement, trend |
| Type of | disposition, inclination, tendency |
| Has types | gravitation, evolutionary trend |
| Derivation | drive |
drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander |
| Type of | move, locomote, travel, go |
| Has types | maunder, gad, gallivant, jazz around |
| Verb group | stray, err, wander |
| Derivation | drifting, drifter |
the laborers drift from one town to the next.
drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gallery, heading |
| Type of | passageway |
| Derivation | drive |
they dug a drift parallel with the vein.
drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | linguistic process |
| Has types | melioration |
drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gather, cumulate, accumulate, amass, pile up, conglomerate |
snow drifting several feet high.
sand drifting like snow.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | circulate |
| Verb group | freewheel |
The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests.
drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | natural process, activity, natural action, action |
| Has types | leeway |
Examples of drift
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A lot of good players drift in and out of games, so work rate is not everything.
From the expressandstar.com
The biggest threat to Apple is a drift to the management-by-committee structure.
From the forbes.com
I drift off at some point, and eventually wake up when she asks me to turn over.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The underlying problem is the demographic drift and medicine-specific inflation.
From the independent.co.uk
Via Andrew, Richard Posner isn't too worried about the country's leftward drift.
From the theatlantic.com
As things stand today, he would drift out of contract at the end of next season.
From the independent.co.uk
In the end, these tunes just drift off, leaving us no good reason to give chase.
From the suntimes.com
The rightward drift of Mr Romney has taken him a long way from where he started.
From the economist.com
Ultimately dubstep's drift towards harder-and-crazier sounds proved unstoppable.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A force that moves something along
- Float: 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: 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"
- 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
- Roll: 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"
- The Directional Recoil Identification From Tracks (DRIFT) detector is a low pressure negative ion time projection chamber (NITPC) designed to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) - a prime dark matter candidate.
- Drift is the fifth album by Flotsam and Jetsam released on April 25, 1995. Re-released on June 10, 2008 by Metal Mind Productions. This release is remastered with three bonus tracks and limited to 2000 copies. The re-release also contains new packaging and liner notes from band members Eric A.K. ...
- Drift is a BBC Books original novel written by Simon A. Forward and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fourth Doctor and Leela.
