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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | roving, vagabondage, wandering |
| Derivation | drift |
Examples of drifting
drifting
The beautiful breeze now drifting through my windows is a wonderful reassurance.
From the kentucky.com
The militiamen who have been fighting in Sirte will be drifting back to Tripoli.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There is real melancholy in his demeanour when he describes them drifting apart.
From the guardian.co.uk
Although it is drifting west-northwest, it's too early to say where it might go.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Drifting minnows seems to work one day, while trolling might be better the next.
From the sacbee.com
Lots of boaters out trolling and drifting bait for trout running 8 to 23 inches.
From the sacbee.com
Catfish continue to bite well in 15 to 25 feet and drifting has been productive.
From the thestate.com
Guide Bill Pustejovsky reported near limits of trout while drifting in West Bay.
From the chron.com
By then, Jose was drifting in and out of sleep, though he recognized his friend.
From the lens.blogs.nytimes.com
- 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.
