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- Dictionarydrifting/ˈdrɪftɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. carried slowly by a current of air or water: "a drifting ocean liner"
- 2. (especially of snow or leaves) blown into heaps by the wind: "long stretches of drifting snow"
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DRIFTING definition: 1. moving slowly, usually with no one or nothing controlling the direction: 2. being blown into…. Learn more.
DRIFT definition: 1. to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: 2. in…. Learn more.
The meaning of DRIFT is the act of driving something along. How to use drift in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Drift.
The meaning of DRIFTING is the act or activity of steering an automobile so that it makes a controlled skid sideways through a turn with the front wheels pointed in a direction opposite to that of the turn; also : a sport in which drivers compete at this activity. How to use drifting in a sentence.
DRIFTING meaning: 1. moving slowly, usually with no one or nothing controlling the direction: 2. being blown into…. Learn more.
To drift is to be carried along by water or air currents, the way a rubber duck might drift around in a tub. To drift is also to carry something along, as an air current drifts dead leaves through the air.
A drift is a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement towards somewhere or something different.
noun. aimless wandering from place to place. see more. adjective. continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another. “a drifting double-dealer”. synonyms: aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant. unsettled. not settled or established.
To live or behave without a clear purpose or goal: drifted through his college years unable to decide on a career. 4. To have no continuing focus; stray: My attention drifted during the boring presentation. 5. To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation. 6.
without purpose. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to do something, happen or change without a particular plan or purpose. I didn't intend to be a teacher—I just drifted into it. He hasn't decided what to do yet—he's just drifting. The conversation drifted onto politics. We seem to be drifting away from the point. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
