drift
- drift
- I UK [drɪft] / US
verb intransitive]
Word forms "drift":
present tense
I/you/we/they drift
he/she/it drifts
present participle drifting
past tense drifted
past participle drifted
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1) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or water
The boat started to drift out to sea.
Thick smoke drifted across the town.
2) if snow or sand drifts, the wind blows it into a large pile
3) to move somewhere slowly as though you do not know where you are going
People were drifting around the conference centre.
4) to go from one state to another without realizing it
He was drifting in and out of consciousness.
5) to do something or to happen in a way that is not planned
The conversation drifted from one dull subject to the another.
I just drifted into nursing really.
II UK [drɪft] / US
noun
Word forms "drift":
singular drift
plural drifts
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1) countable] a large pile of snow or sand formed by the wind
The car was stuck in a deep snow drift.
2) singular] a slow and gradual change from one situation or opinion to another
the drift away from socialism
3) singular] a gradual movement of people from one place to another
the population drift to the cities
4) singular] informal the meaning that someone is trying to express
the general drift:
Well, anyway, I'm sure you get the general drift.
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