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drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely

Type	Words
Synonyms	freewheel
Type of	survive, exist, live, subsist

My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school.

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

the pervading meaning or tenor

Type	Words
Synonyms	purport
Type of	strain, tenor
Derivation	drive

caught the general drift of the conversation.

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

be in motion due to some air or water current

Type	Words
Synonyms	be adrift, blow, float
Type of	locomote, go, travel, move
Has types	tide, waft, stream
Verb group	float

the boat drifted on the lake.

The sailboat was adrift on the open sea.

the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore.

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

a force that moves something along

Type	Words
Synonyms	impetus, impulsion
Type of	force

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Type	Words
Synonyms	movement, trend
Type of	disposition, inclination, tendency
Has types	gravitation, evolutionary trend
Derivation	drive

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

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::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

wander from a direct course or at random

Type	Words
Synonyms	err, stray
Type of	locomote, go, move, travel
Verb group	vagabond, cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, wander, swan, tramp
Derivation	drifting, driftage

don't drift from the set course.

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

Type	Words
Synonyms	gallery, heading
Type of	passageway
Derivation	drive

they dug a drift parallel with the vein.

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents

Type	Words
Type of	mass
Has types	snowdrift, drumlin

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

a process of linguistic change over a period of time

Type	Words
Type of	linguistic process
Has types	melioration

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

Type	Words
Type of	gather, cumulate, accumulate, amass, pile up, conglomerate

snow drifting several feet high.

sand drifting like snow.

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

be subject to fluctuation

Type	Words
Type of	change

The stock market drifted upward.

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

cause to be carried by a current

Type	Words
Type of	float
Verb group	blow, be adrift, float

drift the boats downstream.

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

drive slowly and far afield for grazing

Type	Words
Type of	graze, crop, pasture

drift the cattle herds westwards.

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

move in an unhurried fashion

Type	Words
Type of	circulate
Verb group	freewheel

The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests.

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

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

Type	Words
Type of	natural process, activity, natural action, action
Has types	leeway

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift

/drɪft/

vary or move from a fixed point or course

Type	Words
Type of	vary

stock prices are drifting higher.