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drift - a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" |
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trend,
movement |
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disposition,
inclination,
tendency your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
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evolutionary trend a general direction of evolutionary change
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gravitation a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
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drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) |
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action,
activity,
natural action,
natural process something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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ship a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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aeroplane,
airplane,
plane an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
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leeway (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
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drift - a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents |
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mass (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
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drumlin a mound of glacial drift
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snowdrift a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
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drift - a force that moves something along |
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impetus,
impulsion |
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force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
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drift - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" |
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heading,
gallery |
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passageway a passage between rooms or between buildings
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excavation,
mining the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going on near Princeton"
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drift - the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" |
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purport |
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strain,
tenor an intense or violent exertion
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drift - a process of linguistic change over a period of time |
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linguistic process the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings"
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melioration the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning
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| Verb |
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drift - be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward" |
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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drift - cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream" |
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float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
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drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" |
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accumulate,
amass,
conglomerate,
cumulate,
gather,
pile up collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
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drift - move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" |
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circulate cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
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drift - vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher" |
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drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
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vary make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
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drift - drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" |
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crop,
graze,
pasture cut short; "She wanted her hair cropped short"
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