Definition of drift

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of drift is as below...

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.

Lern More About Drift

Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Drift :: Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..
Drove :: Drove (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Drifting :: Drifting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Drif.
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..
Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.
Run :: Run (n.) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by license of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes..
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..
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..
Driftweed :: Driftweed (n.) Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) Drift; scope; range, as of an argument..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us