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1.NounMovement; that which moves or is moved.
Anything driven at random.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water."a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc."
2.NounAnything driven at random.
3.NounA mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water."a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc."
4.NounThe distance through which a current flows in a given time.
5.NounA drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
6.NounA collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
7.NounDriftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
8.NounA driving; a violent movement.
9.NounCourse or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
10.NounThat which is driven, forced, or urged along.
11.NounThe act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
12.NounA place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
13.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.
14.NounThe horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
15.NounA tool.
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
16.NounA slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
17.NounA tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
18.NounA tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
19.NounA deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
20.NounMinor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
21.NounThe situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
22.NounA passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
A heading driven through a seam of coal.
23.NounA passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
24.NounAn adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
25.NounA sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
26.NounIn a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
27.NounOf a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
28.NounA heading driven through a seam of coal.
29.NounMovement.
The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
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.
30.NounThe angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
31.NounThe distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
32.NounThe place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
33.NounThe distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
34.NounThe 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.
35.NounA sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
36.NounSlow, cumulative change."genetic drift"
37.NounIn the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
38.VerbTo move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc."The boat drifted away from the shore.; The balloon was drifting in the breeze."
39.VerbTo move haphazardly without any destination."He drifted from town to town, never settling down."
40.VerbTo deviate gently from the intended direction of travel."This car tends to drift left at high speeds."
41.VerbTo drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
42.VerbTo drive into heaps."A current of wind drifts snow or sand"
43.VerbTo accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps."Snow or sand drifts."
44.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.
45.VerbTo enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
46.VerbTo oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).