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Adjective: drifting drifting- Continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
"a drifting double-dealer"
- aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant
Noun: drifting drifting- Aimless wandering from place to place
Verb: drift drift- Be in motion due to some air or water current
"the boat drifted on the lake"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
- float, be adrift, blow - Wander from a direct course or at random
"don't drift from the set course"
- stray, err - Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
"the labourers drift from one town to the next"
- roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, vagabond - Vary or move from a fixed point or course
"stock prices are drifting higher" - Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
- freewheel - Move in an unhurried fashion
"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" - Cause to be carried by a current
"drift the boats downstream" - Drive slowly and far afield for grazing
"drift the cattle herds westwards" - Be subject to fluctuation
"The stock market drifted upward" - Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
"snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
Derived forms: driftings See also: driftage, drifter, unsettled Type of: accumulate, amass, change, circulate, conglomerate, crop, cumulate, exist, float, gather, go, graze, live, locomote, move, pasture, pile up, roving, subsist, survive, travel, vagabondage, vary, wandering Encyclopedia: Drift Drift, Cornwall Drifting |