ALL meanings of drift
drift
D d - intransitive verb drift float on water 1
- intransitive verb drift float on air 1
- intransitive verb drift wander aimlessly 1
- intransitive verb drift progress aimlessly 1
- noun drift heap of snow, sand 1
- noun drift degree, measure 1
- noun drift change in course 1
- intransitive verb drift move: towards an idea, etc. 1
- intransitive verb drift deviate: from sth intended 1
- intransitive verb drift heap together 1
- transitive verb drift carry 1
- noun drift Be carried slowly by a current of air or water. 1
- noun drift a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure. 1
- noun drift Navigation. (of a ship) the component of the movement that is due to the force of wind and currents. 1
- noun drift Oceanography. a broad, shallow ocean current that advances at the rate of 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) a day. 1
- noun drift Nautical. the flow or the speed in knots of an ocean current. the distance between the end of a rope and the part in use. the distance between two blocks in a tackle. the difference in diameter between two parts, one of which fits within the other, as a mast and its mast hoops, or a treenail and its hole. 1
- noun drift Aeronautics. the deviation of an aircraft from a set course due to cross winds. 1
- noun drift the course along which something moves; tendency; aim: The drift of political events after the war was toward chaos. 1
- noun drift a meaning; intent; purport: the drift of a statement. 1
- noun drift something driven, as animals, rain, etc. 1
- noun drift a heap of any matter driven together. 1
- noun drift a snowdrift. 1
- noun drift Geology. glacial drift. 1
- noun drift the state or process of being driven. 1
- noun drift overbearing power or influence. 1
- noun drift Military. a tool used in charging an ordnance piece. 1
- noun drift Electronics. a gradual change in some operating characteristic of a circuit, tube, or other electronic device, either during a brief period as an effect of warming up or during a long period as an effect of continued use. the movement of charge carriers in a semiconductor due to the influence of an applied voltage. 1
- noun drift Linguistics. gradual change in the structure of a language. 1
- noun drift Machinery. Also called driftpin. a round, tapering piece of steel for enlarging holes in metal, or for bringing holes in line to receive rivets or bolts. a flat, tapered piece of steel used to drive tools with tapered shanks, as drill bits, from their holders. 1
- noun drift Civil Engineering. a secondary tunnel between two main tunnels or shafts. 1
- noun drift Mining. an approximately horizontal passageway in underground mining. 1
- noun drift Physics. the movement of charged particles under the influence of an electric field. 1
- noun drift Aerospace. the gradual deviation of a rocket or guided missile from its intended trajectory. 1
- noun drift Mechanics. displacement of the gimbals of a gyroscope due to friction on bearings, unbalance of the gyroscope's mass or other imperfections. 1
- noun drift the thrust of an arched structure. 1
- noun drift Dentistry. a shift of the teeth from their normal position in the dental arch. 1
- noun drift Western U.S. a flock of animals or birds. 1
- verb without object drift to be carried along by currents of water or air, or by the force of circumstances. 1
- verb without object drift to wander aimlessly: He drifts from town to town. 1
- verb without object drift to be driven into heaps, as by the wind: drifting sand. 1
- verb without object drift to deviate or vary from a set course or adjustment. 1
- verb with object drift to carry along: The current drifted the boat to sea. 1
- verb with object drift to drive into heaps: The wind drifted the snow. 1
- verb with object drift Machinery. to enlarge (a punched or drilled hole) with a drift. to align or straighten (holes, especially rivet holes) with a drift. 1
- verb drift When something drifts somewhere, it is carried there by the movement of wind or water. 0
- verb drift If someone or something drifts into a situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled. 0
- verb drift If you say that someone drifts around, you mean that they travel from place to place without a plan or settled way of life. 0
- countable noun drift A drift is a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement towards somewhere or something different. 0
- verb drift To drift somewhere means to move there slowly or gradually. 0
- verb drift If sounds drift somewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud. 0