1. (noun) drift, impetus, impulsion
a force that moves something along
Synonyms: trend, impetus, movement, heading, purport, impulsion, gallery, impulse, drift
2. (noun) drift
the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
Synonyms: gallery, impulsion, heading, impetus, trend, purport, movement
3. (noun) drift
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
Synonyms: gallery, impulsion, heading, impetus, trend, purport, movement
4. (noun) drift
a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
Synonyms: gallery, impulsion, heading, impetus, trend, purport, movement
5. (noun) drift, trend, movement
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Synonyms: impulsion, apparent motion, bm, effort, vogue, front, purport, trend, drive, tendency, gallery, move, movement, campaign, style, drift, apparent movement, motion, cause, social movement, bowel movement, impetus, crusade, motility, course, heading
6. (noun) drift, purport
the pervading meaning or tenor
Synonyms: trend, impetus, movement, heading, purport, spirit, impulsion, gallery, intent, drift
7. (verb) drift, heading, gallery
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
Synonyms: trend, picture gallery, head, header, art gallery, bearing, impetus, movement, heading, aim, purport, veranda, impulsion, gallery, drift, verandah
8. (verb) float, drift, be adrift, blow
be in motion due to some air or water current
Synonyms: swash, rove, vagabond, botch, ramble, bungle, muck up, range, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, stray, blow, tout, burn out, screw up, suck, gasconade, roll, fumble, flub, fellate, cast, ball up, err, freewheel, bollocks, wander, shoot a line, mess up, shove off, waste, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, bluster, vaunt, swan, muff, tramp, blow out, swim, foul up, boast, fluff, drift, bobble, go down on, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, spoil, roam, bodge
9. (verb) stray, err, drift
wander from a direct course or at random
Synonyms: ramble, rove, range, stray, divagate, err, cast, roam, be adrift, swan, roll, digress, drift, wander, slip, freewheel, blow, tramp, mistake, vagabond, float
10. (verb) 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
Synonyms: roam, project, hustle, wrap, verify, spue, redact, affirm, drift, draw, cast off, wave, array, assert, wander, cheat on, mold, float, cast, put, twine, slog, turn over, avow, cheat, throw away, frame, place, roll up, seethe, pasture, crop, vomit up, browse, chuck, mould, roll, throw up, contrive, retch, purge, rate, betray, tramp, disgorge, swear, plod, meander, flap, blow, lay out, pad, shed, wheel, shake off, barf, graze, weave, stray, wind, range, vagabond, swan, rank, grade, couch, thread, pluck, freewheel, rove, be adrift, ramble, regurgitate, cuckold, throw off, straddle, throw, cat, vomit, ramble on, revolve, order, hurtle, spew, honk, roll out, regorge, drop, set out, aver, run, jog, hurl, trudge, err, upchuck, footslog, be sick, undulate, digress, sick, divagate, puke
11. (verb) drift
vary or move from a fixed point or course
Synonyms: be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
12. (verb) freewheel, drift
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
Synonyms: rove, range, stray, ramble, err, cast, roam, be adrift, swan, roll, drift, wander, freewheel, blow, tramp, vagabond, float
13. (verb) drift
move in an unhurried fashion
Synonyms: be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
14. (verb) drift
cause to be carried by a current
Synonyms: be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
15. (verb) drift
drive slowly and far afield for grazing
Synonyms: be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
16. (verb) drift
be subject to fluctuation
Synonyms: be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
17. (verb) drift
be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
Synonyms: be adrift, cast, ramble, stray, tramp, float, roll, roam, range, err, rove, blow, vagabond, wander, swan, freewheel
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