The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - drift v.

1) coast, float, waft: A log drifted by on the tide. 2) wander, roam, meander, stray, rove, ramble, Colloq mosey: He seems just to drift through life, without a purpose. --n. 3) trend, tendency, direction, course, current, bias, inclination, flow, sweep, bent: The drift of the conversation seemed to be towards politics. 4) intention, meaning, purport, purpose, aim, object, tenor, tone, spirit, colour, essence, gist, significance, import: Offended by the drift of her remarks, I excused myself. 5) accumulation, pile, heap, mass, bank, mound, dune: After the snowstorm, a huge drift blocked the door.