Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..

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Drift :: Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
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