Definition of drift

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

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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..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Spooney :: Spoondrift (n.) Spray blown from the tops waves during a gale at sea; also, snow driven in the wind at sea; -- written also spindrift..
Strang :: Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water..
Drumlin :: Drumlin (n.) A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.
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.
Leeway :: Leeway (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
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