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1.verbTo move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc."The balloon was drifting in the breeze."
2.verbTo move haphazardly without any destination."He drifted from town to town, never settling down."
3.verbTo deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."This car tends to drift left at high speeds."
4.verbTo drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
5.verbTo drive into heaps."A current of wind drifts snow or sand"
6.verbTo accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps."Snow or sand drifts."
7.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.
8.verbTo enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
9.verbTo oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
10.nounThe act by which something drifts.
11.nounThat which drifts.
12.nounA driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.
13.adjectiveMoving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces."The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it."
14.adjectiveWithout direction, focus, or goal.