Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.

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Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
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 (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
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..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..
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..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
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