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Definition of drift

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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..

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Drift :: Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

Tunnel :: Tunnel (n. .) A level passage driven across the measures, or at right angles to veins which it is desired to reach; -- distinguished from the drift, or gangway, which is led along the vein when reached by the tunnel..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..

Driftless :: Driftless (a.) Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.

Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..

Preglacial :: Preglacial (a.) Prior to the glacial or drift period.

Tone :: Tone (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A pit sunk in some part of a drift.

Tide :: Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Adrift :: Adrift (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) to 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.

Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..

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 (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river..

Crab :: Crab (v. i.) To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel..

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.

Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..

Glacialist :: Glacialist (n.) One who attributes the phenomena of the drift, in geology, to glaciers..