DRIFT


Meaning of DRIFT in English

I. noun

1.

Synonyms: flow , current, flood, flux, rush, spate, stream, tide

2.

Synonyms: pile 1, bank, heap, hill, mass, mound, mountain, pyramid, shock, stack

Related Word: array, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, clutch, group, lot, parcel, set

|| 3.

Synonyms: drove 2, flock, herd

4.

Synonyms: tendency 1, current, run, tenor, trend

Related Word: motion, movement, progress, progression; aim, intent, intention, purpose

5.

Synonyms: leaning 2, bent, disposition, inclination, inclining, partiality, penchant, predilection, propensity, tendency

6.

Synonyms: tenor 1, purport, substance

Related Word: direction, line, set

II. verb

1.

to become carried or floated along

cakes of ice drifting along the stream

Synonyms: float, ride, wash

Related Word: dart, fly, sail, scud, shoot, skim; dance, flicker, flit, flitter, flutter, hover

2.

Synonyms: saunter , amble, bummel, linger, mope, mosey, ||muck, stroll

3.

Synonyms: wander 1, bat, gad, gallivant, maunder, meander, ramble, range, roam, stray

4.

Synonyms: slide 6, coast

5.

Synonyms: heap 1, bank, cock, hill, mound, pile, stack

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