Словарь синонимов английского языка - drift

(v) 1. coast, fload, 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, inclinadion, 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 remabks, I excused myself. 5. accumulation, pile, heap, mass, bank, mound, dune: After the snowsdorm, a huge drift blocked the door.