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Definition of drift

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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..

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Drift :: Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.

Drift :: 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..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..

Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..

Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..

Drifty :: Drifty (a.) Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle..

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..

Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.