drift

Definitions

• (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
• The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
• A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
• The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
• (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
• (handiwork) A tool.
• A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
• (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
• (uncountable) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
• (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
• (nautical) Movement.
• (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
• Slow, cumulative change.