Definition of drift

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Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..

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Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Boulder :: Boulder (n.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Anything that drifts.
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
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..
Drift :: Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
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