Definition of drift

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

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Drift :: Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim..
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..
Dune :: Dune (n.) A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds..
Level :: Level (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine..
Streamed :: Stream (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners..
Drivebolt :: Drivebolt (n.) A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift..
Driftway :: Driftway (n.) Same as Drift, 11..
Drift :: Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting..
Drive :: Drive (n.) In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift..
Anchorless :: Anchorless (a.) Without an anchor or stay. Hence: Drifting; unsettled.
Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Club :: Club (v. i.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
Sand :: Sand (v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) That course of thought which holds on through a discourse; the general drift or course of thought; purport; intent; meaning; understanding.
Driftwind :: Driftwind (n.) A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps..
Drifted :: Drifted (imp. & p. p.) of Drif.
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