Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds..

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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..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Driftpin :: Driftpin (n.) A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9..
Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..
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..
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
Driving :: Driving (n.) Tendency; drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Eschar :: Eschar (n.) In Ireland, one of the continuous mounds or ridges of gravelly and sandy drift which extend for many miles over the surface of the country. Similar ridges in Scotland are called kames or kams..
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
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