Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

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Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
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