Definition of drift

"drift" in the noun sense

1. drift, impetus, impulsion

a force that moves something along

2. drift

the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)

3. drift

a process of linguistic change over a period of time

4. drift

a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents

5. drift, trend, movement

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"

6. drift, purport

the pervading meaning or tenor

"caught the general drift of the conversation"

7. drift, heading, gallery

a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

"they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

"drift" in the verb sense

1. float, drift, be adrift, blow

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"

2. stray, err, drift

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"

3. roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond

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"

4. drift

vary or move from a fixed point or course

"stock prices are drifting higher"

5. freewheel, drift

live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely

"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"

6. drift

move in an unhurried fashion

"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"

7. drift

cause to be carried by a current

"drift the boats downstream"

8. drift

drive slowly and far afield for grazing

"drift the cattle herds westwards"

9. drift

be subject to fluctuation

"The stock market drifted upward"

10. drift

be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

"snow drifting several feet high"

"sand drifting like snow"

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Quotations for drift

Practise thrift, or else you'll drift. [ Proverb ]

When to soft Sleep we give ourselves away,
And in a dream as in a fairy bark
Drift on and on through the enchanted dark
To purple daybreak - little thought we pay
To that sweet bitter world we know by day. [ T. B. Aldrich ]

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer. [ Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman ]

The individual and the race are always moving, and as we drift into new latitudes new lights open in the heaven more immediately over us. [ Chapin ]

Motives are better than actions. Men drift into crime. Of evil they do more than they contemplate, and of good they contemplate more than they do. [ Bovee ]

We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer, and dare not hoist a sail, we can drift. The current knows the way, though we do not. The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden rudder. [ Emerson ]

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Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

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Words within the letters of drift

2 letter words in drift (3 words)

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4 letter words in drift (2 words)

5 letter words in drift (1 word)

drift + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving drift

Shorter words in drift

if rift

Longer words containing drift

adrift

driftbolt driftbolts

drifted

drifter drifters

driftfish driftfishes

drifting driftingly

drifting undrifting

driftless

driftnet driftnets

driftpin driftpins

drifts snowdrifts

drifts spindrifts

drifts spoondrifts

drifts stardrifts

driftwood driftwoods

snowdrift snowdrifts

spindrift spindrifts

spoondrift spoondrifts

stardrift stardrifts