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Drift

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Meaning

Noun

●
  • Movement; that which
    or is moved.
  • Anything
    random.
  • A
    of
    which has been
    or
    together in a body, or
    together in a
    , etc; especially by
    or water.
  • The
    through which a current
    in a given time.
  • A
    or
    ,
    ,
    , birds.
  • A
    of
    and
    , or
    , which have been
    over large
    of the
    's
    , especially in
    , by the
    of
    , such as that which
    and
    .
  • Driftwood included in
    onto the beach.
  • A
    ; a
    movement.
  • Course or
    along which anything is
    ; setting.
  • That which is
    ,
    , or
    along.
    • ●
    The
    or
    of
    ; the
    which
    or
    ; an
    influence or impulse.
    ●
    A place (a
    ) along a
    where the water is
    enough to
    to the
    side.
    ●
    The
    of an
    ,
    ,
    of
    , or the like;
    or
    ;
    ; hence, also,
    or
    of a
    or
    ; aim.
    ●
    In Architecture:
    The
    or
    of an
    or
    upon the abutments.
    ●
  • A tool.
  • A
    of
    for
    or
    a
    in
    , by being
    or
    into or through it; a broach.
  • A
    used to
    down the
    in a
    , or like firework.
  • A
    used to
    or
    a
    or
    , for the
    of
    two
    of
    together.
    • ●
    A
    from the
    ,
    to
    projectiles.
    ●
    Minor
    of
    or
    from its
    speed.
    ●
    In Film:
    The
    where a
    and
    from their
    within the scene.
    ●
    In Mining:
    A
    or
    between
    and
    ; a
    ; a small
    gallery.
    ●
    In Mining:
    An
    or
    forward for
    of
    or
    ;
    to a
    end.
    ●
    In Mining:
    A
    or
    to the
    , for
    of haulage.
    ●
    In Mining:
    In a
    , a
    for
    or ventilation.
    ●
    In Mining:
    Of a
    or a
    :
    from the
    course.
    ●
    In Mining:
    A
    through a
    of coal.
    ●
    In Nautical & Gaits:
  • Movement.
  • The
    which the
    of a ship's
    makes with the
    , in drifting.
  • The
    a
    is
    off from her
    by the
    ,
    , or other causes.
  • The place in a deep-waisted
    where the
    is
    and the
    is
    , and usually
    with a
    , or driftpiece.
  • The
    between the two
    of a tackle.
  • The
    between the
    of a
    and the
    into which it is
    , or between the
    of a
    of the
    on which it is to be
    .
    • ●
    In Cricket:
    A sideways
    of the
    through the
    , when
    by a
    bowler.
    ●
    Slow,
    change.
    ●
    In New Forest National Park, UK, the
    round-up of
    in order to be sold.

    Verb

    ●
    To
    , especially
    by
    of water,
    , etc.
    ●
    To
    without any destination.
    ●
    To
    from the
    of travel.
    ●
    To
    or
    , as
    do a
    body.
    ●
    To
    into heaps.
    ●
    To
    in
    by the
    of
    ; to be
    into
    .
    ●
    In American English & Mining:
    To make a
    ; to
    a
    or
    for the
    of
    the
    of
    or
    ; to
    a
    ; to prospect.
    ●
    In Engineering:
    To
    or
    , as a
    , with a drift.
    ●
    In Automotive:
    To
    a
    ,
    of
    , while
    control from
    to
    of a
    . See Drifting (motorsport).
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    drift
    English
    arrow
    drift
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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