Definition of drift

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Drift (n.) Anything driven at random.

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Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.
Wall :: Wall (n.) The side of a level or drift.
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.
Drift :: Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Boulder :: Boulder (n.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes..
Tendency :: Tendency (n.) Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result..
Gurt :: Gurt (n.) A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A straight tool with file teeth, made of steel, to be pressed through irregular holes in metal that cannot be dressed by revolving tools; a drift..
Drift :: Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud..
Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Wood drifted or floated by water.
Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like..
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts..
Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A driving; a violent movement.
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
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