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drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift
verb
/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
noun
/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
verb
/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
noun
/drɪft/
a force that moves something along
Type Words
Synonyms impetus, impulsion
Type of force

drift::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drift
noun
/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
verb
/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
verb
/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
noun
/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
noun
/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
noun
/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
verb
/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
verb
/drɪft/
be subject to fluctuation
Type Words
Type of change


The stock market drifted upward.

drift::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drift
verb
/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
verb
/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
verb
/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
noun
/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
verb
/drɪft/
vary or move from a fixed point or course
Type Words
Type of vary


stock prices are drifting higher.
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.