Definitions
1.noun(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
2.nounThe act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
3.nounA place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
4.nounThe 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.
5.nounThe horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
6.noun(handiwork) A tool.
7.nounA deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
8.nounMinor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
9.nounThe situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
10.nounA passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
11.nounMovement.
12.nounA sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
13.nounSlow, cumulative change."genetic drift"
14.verbTo move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc."The balloon was drifting in the breeze."
15.verbTo move haphazardly without any destination."He drifted from town to town, never settling down."
16.verbTo deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."This car tends to drift left at high speeds."
17.verbTo drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
18.verbTo drive into heaps."A current of wind drifts snow or sand"
19.verbTo accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps."Snow or sand drifts."
20.verbTo 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.
21.verbTo enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
22.verbTo oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).