drift

v. float along with the current; wash away, carry away

n. movement, direction, tendency; something which has accumulated due to the force of wind or water

Drift may refer to: The effect of wind and water pushing a body (person or thing around) usually in a current. A difference in drift rates becomes an urgent matter in a Man Over Board Event, and a positional drift constantly concerns Navigators and Pilots conning large vessels as well as Aviators conning aircraf: world-wide.Drifting (motorsport), which is a sport where drivers intentionally induce oversteer, to be judged on their technique.Drift (railroad), which in railroading is the cutting off of power and using inertia alone to maintain forward movement.Drift, which is a term used to describe a shallow river crossing in South Africa:Pont Drift on the Limpopo River on the road between South Africa and Botswana.Rorke's Drift, which is the site of 1879 battle between British and Zulu forces.Mostert's Drift, near Jonkershoek, on the Eerste River at Stellenbosch.Mulder's Drift, near Johannesburg on the road between Krugersdorp and Pretoria.Velddrif, which is a town on the west coast Bergrivier Local Municipality.Xuka Drift on the upper reaches of the Mbashe River near Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape.Drift, Cornwall: a village –  Drift Reservoir is nearbyDrift (linguistics): the variation of speech.Drift (telecommunication): the slow long-term variation of an attribute or value of a system or device.Drift (plasma physics): the motion of the guiding centers of magnetized plasmas' particles.Drift mining: a nearly horizontal underground tunnel.Drift (geology): rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.Drift pin: several kinds of tools used for enlarging or aligning holes.Genetic drift: mechanism of evolution that change the characteristics of species over time.Snow drift: a deposit of snow created by the windIce drift: drift of sea ice Clock drift: a phenomenon where a clock does not run in the exact right speed compared to another clock.The condition where a motor vehicle's rear wheels slip at a greater angle than the front wheels; see oversteer.Intentional use of oversteer for faster cornering in low road surface traction conditions; see Opposite lockDrift - Dancer without a body, an online dance film. [1]Drift (Fluid Mechanics): the permanent displacement of fluid particles in an inviscid fluid owing to their kinematic motion when a body passes through it.Drift (album) is the fifth album by Flotsam and Jetsam. Drift (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who novel.
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Noun
1. a force that moves something along
(synonym) impetus, impulsion
(hypernym) force
2. the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(hyponym) leeway
(derivation) stray, err
(classification) ship
3. a process of linguistic change over a period of time
(hypernym) linguistic process
(hyponym) melioration
4. something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
(hypernym) substance, matter
(hyponym) drumlin
5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
(synonym) trend, movement
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
(hyponym) evolutionary trend
(derivation) drive, get, aim
6. general meaning or tenor; "caught the drift of the conversation"
(synonym) purport
(hypernym) tenor, strain
(derivation) drive, get, aim
7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
(synonym) heading, gallery
(hypernym) passageway
(derivation) drive
(classification) mining, excavation
Verb
1. be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
(synonym) float, be adrift, blow
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) waft
(verb-group) float
(derivation) impetus, impulsion
2. wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
(synonym) stray, err
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(verb-group) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, vagabond
(derivation) driftage
3. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
(synonym) roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, vagabond
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) maunder
(verb-group) stray, err
(derivation) vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond
4. vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"
(hypernym) vary
5. live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
(synonym) freewheel
(hypernym) exist, survive, live, subsist
6. move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
(hypernym) circulate
(verb-group) freewheel
7. cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"
(hypernym) float
(verb-group) float, be adrift, blow
(derivation) impetus, impulsion
8. drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"
(hypernym) crop, graze, pasture
9. be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"
(hypernym) change
(derivation) trend, movement
10. be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
(hypernym) accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass

n. current, drift, flow

n. drift, something which has accumulated due to the force of wind or water