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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Drifting :: Drifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drif.
Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Scope :: Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object..
Driftbolt :: Driftbolt (n.) A bolt for driving out other bolts.
Univocal :: Univocal (n.) Having always the same drift or tenor; uniform; certain; regular.
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..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Adit :: Adit (n.) An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel..
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
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