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drift
English
- 🔊 a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine“they dug a drift parallel with the vein”
- 🔊 the pervading meaning or tenor“caught the general drift of the conversation”
- 🔊 a general tendency to change (as of opinion)“not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book”
- 🔊 a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- 🔊 a force that moves something along
- 🔊 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
- 🔊 be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current“snow drifting several feet high”
- 🔊 be subject to fluctuation“The stock market drifted upward”
- 🔊 drive slowly and far afield for grazing“drift the cattle herds westwards”
- 🔊 cause to be carried by a current“drift the boats downstream”
- 🔊 move in an unhurried fashion“The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests”
- 🔊 vary or move from a fixed point or course“stock prices are drifting higher”
- 🔊 be in motion due to some air or water current“The leaves were blowing in the wind”
- 🔊 live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely“My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school”
- 🔊 wander from a direct course or at random“The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her”
- 🔊 move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment“The gypsies roamed the woods”
Spanish
- 🔊 arrastre drift