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Definition of drift

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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..

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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..

Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..

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..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

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

Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..

Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..

Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Snowdrift :: Snowdrift (n.) A bank of drifted snow.

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..

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.) Anything driven at random.

Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

Float :: Float (n.) To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air..

Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..

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

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

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