Drift (n.) A driving |
Drift (n.) The act or motion of drifting |
Drift (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven |
Drift (n.) The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like |
Drift (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along |
Drift (n.) Anything driven at random. |
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 |
Drift (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. |
Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. |
Drift (n.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice. |
Drift (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river. |
Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it |
Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. |
Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles. |
Drift (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft |
Drift (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. |
Drift (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. |
Drift (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. |
Drift (n.) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. |
Drift (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. |
Drift (n.) The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. |
Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air |
Drift (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind |
Drift (v. i.) to make a drift |
Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. |
Drift (v. t.) To drive into heaps |
Drift (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift. |
Drift (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted |
Face (n.) The exterior form or appearance of anything |
Face (n.) That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction |
Face (n.) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley |
Face (n.) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. |
Face (n.) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end |
Face (n.) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. |
Face (n.) The style or cut of a type or font of type. |
Face (n.) Outside appearance |
Face (n.) That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated |
Face (n.) Cast of features |
Face (n.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. |
Face (n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion |
Face (n.) Presence |
Face (n.) Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable |
Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. |
Face (n.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount. |
Face (v. t.) To meet in front |
Face (v. t.) To Confront impudently |
Face (v. t.) To stand opposite to |
Face (v. t.) To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc. |
Face (v. t.) To line near the edge, esp. with a different material |
Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc. |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
face-off | (ice hockey) the method of starting play, a referee drops the puck between two opposing players |
face lift facelift face lifting | a renovation that improves the outward appearance (as of a building) but usually does not involve major changes, give your home a facelift, more than a facelift, the new model marks a fundamental change of direction |
about-face about turn | act of pivotingdegrees, especially in a military formation |
face lift facelift lift face lifting cosmetic surgery rhytidectomy rhytidoplasty nip and tuck | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face, an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised, some actresses have more than one face lift |
face saver face saving | an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige) |
clock face clock dial | the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day |
cold cream coldcream face cream vanishing cream | a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin |
drift heading gallery | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine, they dug a drift parallel with the vein |
drift net | a large fishnet supported by floats, it drifts with the current |
face | a vertical surface of a building or cliff |
face | the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object), he dealt the cards face down |
face | the striking or working surface of an implement |
face card picture card court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
face guard | face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets |
face mask | mask that provides a protective covering for the face in such sports as baseball or football or hockey |
face powder | cosmetic powder for the face |
face veil | a piece of more-or-less transparent material that covers the face |
false face | a mask worn as part of a masquerade costume |
hand towel face towel | a small towel used to dry the hands or face |
pack face pack | a cream that cleanses and tones the skin |
toilet soap face soap bath soap | soap used as a toiletry |
washcloth washrag flannel face cloth | bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the face and body |
face value | the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth |
face | the general outward appearance of something, the face of the city is changing |
expression look aspect facial expression face | the feelings expressed on a person's face, a sad expression, a look of triumph, an angry face |
poker face | a face without any interpretable expression (as that of a good poker player) |
boldness nerve brass face cheek | impudent aggressiveness, I couldn't believe her boldness, he had the effrontery to question my honesty |
face | status in the eyes of others, he lost face |
beard face fungus whiskers | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face |
face human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear, he washed his face, I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news |
face | the part of an animal corresponding to the human face |
pudding face pudding-face | a large fat human face |
face recognition | the visual perception of familiar faces |
drift purport | the pervading meaning or tenor, caught the general drift of the conversation |
drift trend movement | 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 |
heading header head | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about, the heading seemed to have little to do with the text |
face recognition facial recognition automatic face recognition | biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces, they used face recognition to spot known terrorists |
font fount typeface face case | a specific size and style of type within a type family |
boldface bold face bold | a typeface with thick heavy lines |
grimace face | a contorted facial expression, she made a grimace at the prospect |
pout moue wry face | a disdainful grimace |
straight face | a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement |
confrontation encounter showdown face-off | a hostile disagreement face-to-face |
open-face sandwich open sandwich | sandwich without a covering slice of bread |
face-amount certificate company | a regulated investment company that pays a stated amount to certificate holders on a stated maturity date |
side face | a surface forming part of the outside of an object, he examined all sides of the crystal, dew dripped from the face of the leaf |
bearing heading aim | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies |
drift | a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents |
drift ice | masses of ice floating in the open sea |