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 |
Enlarged (imp. & p. p.) of Enlarge |
Enlarging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enlarge |
Enlarge (v. t.) To make larger |
Enlarge (v. t.) To increase the capacity of |
Enlarge (v. t.) To set at large or set free. |
Enlarge (v. i.) To grow large or larger |
Enlarge (v. i.) To speak or write at length |
Enlarge (v. i.) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course |
Enlarged (a.) Made large or larger |
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 |
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 |
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 |
continental drift | the gradual movement and formation of continents (as described by plate tectonics) |
drift impetus impulsion | a force that moves something along |
drift | the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) |
drift | a process of linguistic change over a period of time |
cardiomegaly megalocardia megacardia enlarged heart | an abnormal enlargement of the heart, mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes |
fall asleep dope off flake out drift off nod off drop off doze off drowse off | change from a waking to a sleeping state, he always falls asleep during lectures |
enlarge | make larger, She enlarged the flower beds |
enlarge | become larger or bigger |
blow up enlarge magnify | make large, blow up an image |
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 |
drift | be subject to fluctuation, The stock market drifted upward |
elaborate lucubrate expatiate exposit enlarge flesh out expand a expound dilate | add details, as to an account or idea, clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing, She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation |
drift | drive slowly and far afield for grazing, drift the cattle herds westwards |
drift apart drift away | lose personal contact over time, The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married |
drift | cause to be carried by a current, drift the boats downstream |
c roll wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift vagabond cccbb | move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment, The gypsies roamed the woods, roving vagabonds, the wandering Jew, The cattle roam across the prairie, the laborers drift from one town to the next, They rolled from town to town |
float drift be adrift blow | be in motion due to some air or water current, The leaves were blowing in the wind, the boat drifted on the lake, The sailboat was adrift on the open sea, the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore |
drift | move in an unhurried fashion, The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests |
stray err drift | wander from a direct course or at random, The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her, don't drift from the set course |
freewheel drift | live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely, My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school |
drift | vary or move from a fixed point or course, stock prices are drifting higher |
hypertrophied enlarged | (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells, hypertrophied myocardial fibers |
exaggerated magnified enlarged | enlarged to an abnormal degree, thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes |
enlarged | larger than normal, enlarged joints |
blown-up enlarged | as of a photograph, made larger, the enlarged photograph revealed many details |