Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - drift
Drift
drift
n. & v. --n. 1 a slow movement or variation. b such movement caused by a slow current. 2 the intention, meaning, scope, etc. of what is said etc. (didn't understand his drift). 3 a large mass of snow, sand, etc., accumulated by the wind. 4 esp. derog. a state of inaction. 5 a Naut. a ship's deviation from its course, due to currents. b Aeron. an aircraft's deviation due to side winds. c a projectile's deviation due to its rotation. d a controlled slide of a racing car etc. 6 Mining a horizontal passage following a mineral vein. 7 a large mass of esp. flowering plants (a drift of bluebells). 8 Geol. a material deposited by the wind, a current of water, etc. b (Drift) Pleistocene ice detritus, e.g. boulder clay. 9 the movement of cattle, esp. a gathering on an appointed day to determine ownership etc. 10 a tool for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal. 11 S.Afr. a ford. --v. 1 intr. be carried by or as if by a current of air or water. 2 intr. move or progress passively, casually, or aimlessly (drifted into teaching). 3 a tr. & intr. pile or be piled by the wind into drifts. b tr. cover (a field, a road, etc.) with drifts. 4 tr. form or enlarge (a hole) with a drift. 5 tr. (of a current) carry. Phrases and idioms drift-ice ice driven or deposited by water. drift-net a large net for herrings etc., allowed to drift with the tide. Derivatives driftage n. Etymology: ME f. ON & MDu., MHG trift movement of cattle: rel. to DRIVE
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I. noun see: drive Date: 14th century 1. the act of driving something along, the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream, something driven, propelled, or urged along or drawn together in a clump by or as if by a natural agency: as, wind-driven snow, rain, cloud, dust, or smoke usually at or near the ground surface, b. a mass of matter (as sand) deposited together by or as if by wind or water, a helter-skelter accumulation, drove, flock, something (as ~wood) washed ashore, rock debris deposited by natural agents, 3. a general underlying design or tendency , the underlying meaning, import, or purport of what is spoken or written , something (as a tool) driven down upon or forced into a body, the motion or action of ~ing especially spatially and usually under external influence: as, the lateral motion of an aircraft due to air currents, an easy moderate more or less steady flow or sweep along a spatial course, a gradual shift in attitude, opinion, or position, an aimless course, a deviation from a true reproduction, representation, or reading, 6. a nearly horizontal mine passageway driven on or parallel to the course of a vein or rock stratum, a small crosscut in a mine connecting two larger tunnels, 7. an assumed trend toward a general change in the structure of a language over a period of time, genetic ~, a mass of planted flowers, see: tendency ~y adjective II. verb Date: circa 1600 intransitive verb 1. to become driven or carried along (as by a current of water, wind, or air) , to move or float smoothly and effortlessly, 2. to move along a line of least resistance, to move in a random or casual way, to become carried along subject to no guidance or control , 3. to accumulate in a mass or become piled up in heaps by wind or water , to become covered with a ~, to vary or deviate from a set course or adjustment, transitive verb 1. to cause to be driven in a current, to drive (livestock) slowly especially to allow grazing, 2. to pile in heaps, to cover with ~s, ~ingly adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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