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 |
Register (n.) A written account or entry |
Register (n.) A record containing a list and description of the merchant vessels belonging to a port or customs district. |
Register (n.) A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as an evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title. |
Register (n.) One who registers or records |
Register (n.) That which registers or records. |
Register (n.) A contrivance for automatically noting the performance of a machine or the rapidity of a process. |
Register (n.) The part of a telegraphic apparatus which records automatically the message received. |
Register (n.) A machine for registering automatically the number of persons passing through a gateway, fares taken, etc. |
Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel |
Register (n.) The inner part of the mold in which types are cast. |
Register (n.) The correspondence of pages, columns, or lines on the opposite or reverse sides of the sheet. |
Register (n.) The correspondence or adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2. |
Register (v. i.) The compass of a voice or instrument |
Register (v. i.) A stop or set of pipes in an organ. |
Register (n.) To enter in a register |
Register (n.) To enroll |
Register (v. i.) To enroll one's name in a register. |
Register (v. i.) To correspond in relative position |
accumulator accumulator register | (computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register |
cash register register | a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions, used in shops to add up the bill |
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 |
index register | (computer science) a register used to determine the address of an operand |
register | a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device |
register | an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room |
register | (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind |
shift register | (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right |
register | (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments |
head register head voice head tone | the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing, the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head |
chest register chest voice chest tone | the lower ranges of the voice in speaking or singing |
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 |
check register | a register of checks issued (usually in numeric order) |
register registry | an official written record of names or events or transactions |
register language | a tone language that uses different voice registers |
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 |
register | a book in which names and transactions are listed |
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 |
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 |
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 |
register | enter into someone's consciousness, Did this event register in your parents' minds? |
read register show record | indicate a certain reading, of gauges and instruments, The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero, The gauge read `empty' |
file register | record in a public office or in a court of law, file for divorce, file a complaint |
register | send by registered mail, I'd like to register this letter |
drift | drive slowly and far afield for grazing, drift the cattle herds westwards |
register | manipulate the registers of an organ |
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 |
record register | be aware of, Did you register any change when I pressed the button? |
register | show in one's face, Her surprise did not register |
register | enroll to vote, register for an election |
register | record in writing, enter into a book of names or events or transactions |
cross-file register | have one's name listed as a candidate for several parties |
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 |