drift

drift

 (drĭft)

v. drift·ed, drift·ing, drifts

v.intr.

1. To be carried along by currents of air or water: a balloon drifting eastward; as the wreckage drifted toward shore.

2. To proceed or move unhurriedly or aimlessly: drifting among the party guests; a day laborer, drifting from town to town.

3. To live or behave without a clear purpose or goal: drifted through his college years unable to decide on a career.

4. To have no continuing focus; stray: My attention drifted during the boring presentation.

5. To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation.

6. To be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of a current: snow drifting to five feet.

v.tr.

1. To cause to be carried in a current: drifting the logs downstream.

2. To pile up in banks or heaps: Wind drifted the loose straw against the barn.

3. Western US To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.

n.

1. Something moving along in a current of air or water: a drift of logs in the river.

2. A bank or pile, as of sand or snow, heaped up by currents of air or water.

3. Geology Rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.

4.

a. A general trend or tendency, as of opinion. See Synonyms at tendency.

b. General meaning or purport; tenor: caught the drift of the conversation.

5.

a. A gradual change in position: an iceberg's eastward drift.

b. A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.

c. Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.

6. A gradual change in the output of a circuit or amplifier.

7. The rate of flow of a water current.

8.

a. A tool for ramming or driving something down.

b. A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.

9.

a. A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.

b. A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.

10. A drove or herd, especially of swine.

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[From Middle English, drove, herd, act of driving; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.]

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drift′y adj.

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drift

(drɪft)

vb (mainly intr)

1. (also tr) to be carried along by or as if by currents of air or water or (of a current) to carry (a vessel, etc) along

2. to move aimlessly from place to place or from one activity to another

3. to wander or move gradually away from a fixed course or point; stray

4. (Physical Geography) (also tr) (of snow, sand, etc) to accumulate in heaps or banks or to drive (snow, sand, etc) into heaps or banks

n

5. something piled up by the wind or current, such as a snowdrift

6. tendency, trend, meaning, or purport: the drift of the argument.

7. a state of indecision or inaction

8. (Navigation) the extent to which a vessel, aircraft, projectile, etc is driven off its course by adverse winds, tide, or current

9. (Physical Geography) a general tendency of surface ocean water to flow in the direction of the prevailing winds: North Atlantic Drift.

10. a driving movement, force, or influence; impulse

11. (Motor Racing) a controlled four-wheel skid, used by racing drivers to take bends at high speed

12. (Geological Science) a loose unstratified deposit of sand, gravel, etc, esp one transported and deposited by a glacier or ice sheet

13. (Mining & Quarrying) a horizontal passage in a mine that follows the mineral vein

14. (Agriculture) something, esp a group of animals, driven along by human or natural agencies: a drift of cattle.

15. (Tools) Also called: driftpin a tapering steel tool driven into holes to enlarge or align them before bolting or riveting

16. (Electrical Engineering) an uncontrolled slow change in some operating characteristic of a piece of equipment, esp an electronic circuit or component

17. (Linguistics) linguistics gradual change in a language, esp in so far as this is influenced by the internal structure of the language rather than by contact with other languages

18. (Human Geography) South African a ford

19. (General Engineering) engineering a copper or brass bar used as a punch

[C13: from Old Norse: snowdrift; related to Old High German trift pasturage]

ˈdrifty adj

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drift

(drɪft)

n.

1. a driving movement or action.

2. (of a ship) the component of the movement that is due to the force of wind and currents.

3. a broad, shallow ocean current that advances at the rate of 10 to 15 mi. (16 to 24 km) a day.

4. the flow or the speed in knots of an ocean current.

5. a gradual deviation from a natural or desirable position or course.

6. the course along which something moves; tendency; aim: a drift toward the political right.

7. a meaning; intent; purport: the drift of a statement.

8. the state or process of being driven.

9. something driven, as animals or rain.

10. a heap of any matter driven together.

11. a snowdrift.

12. loose material, as gravel, sand, etc., transported and deposited by glacial ice or meltwater.

13. continental drift.

14. a gradual change in some operating characteristic of a circuit, tube, or other electronic device, as an effect of warming up or of continued use.

15. gradual change in the structure of a language.

16.

a. a round tapering piece of steel for enlarging holes in metal or for bringing holes in line to receive rivets or bolts.

b. a flat tapered piece of steel used to drive tools with tapered shanks, as drill bits, from their holders.

17. an approximately horizontal passageway in underground mining.

18. the gradual deviation of a rocket or guided missile from its intended trajectory.

v.i.

19. to be carried along, as by currents of water or by the force of circumstances.

20. to wander aimlessly: to drift from town to town.

21. to be driven into heaps, as by the wind.

22. to deviate or vary, as from a proper position or set course.

Idioms:

drift off, to fall asleep gradually.

v.t.

23. to carry along: The current drifted the boat to sea.

24. to drive into heaps.

[1250–1300; Middle English drift, n. derivative of Old English drīfan to drive]

drift′ing•ly, adv.

drift′y, adj. drift•i•er, drift•i•est.

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drift

In ballistics, a shift in projectile direction due to gyroscopic action which results from gravitational and atmospherically induced torques on the spinning projectile.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Drift

 a number of animals driven or moving along in a body; a mass of matter driven forward. See also creaght, drive.

Examples: drift of anglers; of bees; of birds; of cattle, 1613; of dust, 1725; of fishers—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486; of fishing nets, 1834; of gold, 1645; of hogs; of ice; of lace, 1889; of leaves of trees, 1600; of men, 1450; of oxen, 1552; of piles, 1721; of quailes, 1613; of rain, 1300; of sand, 1634; of sheep, 1816; of smoke, 1842; of snow, 1300; of swans; of swine [tame]—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486; of wood [floating in the sea], 1627.

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drift

Past participle: drifted
Gerund: drifting

Imperative

drift

drift

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drift - a force that moves something along   impetus, impulsion force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"
	2.	drift - the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"
	3.	drift - a process of linguistic change over a period of time melioration - the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning linguistic process - a process involved in human language
	4.	drift - a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents drumlin - a mound of glacial drift mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" snowdrift - a mass of snow heaped up by the wind
	5.	drift - a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right" trend, movement inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" evolutionary trend - a general direction of evolutionary change gravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"
	6.	drift - the pervading meaning or tenor; "caught the general drift of the conversation" purport tenor, strain - the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"
	7.	drift - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" heading, gallery mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings
Verb	1.	drift - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" be adrift, float, blow go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage" waft - be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room" tide - be carried with the tide drift - cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream" stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"
	2.	drift - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" err, stray go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
	3.	drift - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" roam, rove, stray, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, tramp, cast, roll go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" maunder - wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure drift, err, stray - wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"
	4.	drift - vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher" drift - be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward" vary - be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
	5.	drift - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" freewheel drift - move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
	6.	drift - move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" circulate - move around freely; "She circulates among royalty" freewheel, drift - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
	7.	drift - cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream" float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond" be adrift, drift, float, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
	8.	drift - drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
	9.	drift - be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" drift - vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"
	10.	drift - be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up, accumulate, gather - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"

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drift

verb

1. float, go (aimlessly), bob, coast, slip, sail, slide, glide, meander, waft, be carried along, move gently We proceeded to drift along the river.

2. wander, stroll, stray, roam, meander, rove, range, straggle, traipse (informal), stravaig (Scot. & Northern English dialect), peregrinate People drifted around the room.

3. stray, wander, roam, meander, digress, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent, get off the point I let my attention drift.

4. pile up, gather, accumulate, amass, bank up, heap up, form drifts The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep.

noun

1. shift, movement, flow, transfer, relocation, gravitation the drift towards the cities

2. pile, bank, mass, heap, mound, accumulation A boy was trapped in a snow drift.

3. meaning, point, gist, aim, direction, object, import, intention, implication, tendency, significance, thrust, tenor, purport She was beginning to get his drift.

4. trend, course, current, flow, rush, sweep their fears at what they see as a drift towards economic chaos

drift off fall asleep, go off, drop off (informal), crash out (informal), nod off, conk out (informal) He finally drifted off.

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drift

verb

1. To move along with or be carried away by the action of water:

float, wash.

2. To pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface:

coast, slide.

3. To move about at random, especially over a wide area:

gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander.

4. To put into a disordered pile:

bank, heap, hill, lump, mound, pile (up), stack.

noun

1. A group of things gathered haphazardly:

agglomeration, bank, cumulus, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock, stack, tumble.

2. Something suggestive of running water:

current, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide.

3. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement:

amount, burden, import, purport, substance, tenor.

Idioms: sum and substance, sum total.

4. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse:

aim, burden, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust.

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Translations

إتِّجاه، مَعْنىاِنْـجِرَافرُكام، إنْجِرافيَسيرُ على غَيْر هُدى، يَتَنَقَّلُيَنْجَرِفُ

být unášenpřecházetsmysltěkatunášení

driveflakkemeningsnedrive

treibenVerwehungWeheAbdriftAbtrift

μετατόπισηπεριφέρομαι

ir a la derivair sin rumbomarchamontónsentido

ajelehtiaajopuukahluupaikkakasakasaantuma

dériversensaller à la dériveamoncellementdérive

להסחף

biti nošennanos

förgeteghófúvássodródik

hugsanagangur, merkingláta reka á reiîanum, slæpastreka; fjúkaskafl

andare alla derivamotomovimentosignificatotendenza

押し流されるもの漂流する

떠돌다표류

bastūnasbastytisdrifterisišmesti į krantą medžiaiišmesti į krantą rąstgaliai

gaitaievirzekaudzekupenaļauties pašplūsmai

afdrijvenverplaatsing

drivefykehaugmeningsnødrive

dryfzanieść z prądem

coisa flutuantederivaser levado pela correnteser levado pela correnteza

дрейфоватьнаметатьперемещение

naviaťunášať

nositi

driftdriva

เร่ร่อนลอย

sürüklenmekuzaklaşmayığılmakyığınanlam

sự trôi dạttrôi dạt

漂流要旨随波逐流吹积物大意

drift

[drɪft]

A. N

1. (= deviation from course) → deriva f; (= movement) → movimiento m; (= change of direction) → cambio m (de dirección)
the drift to the city → el movimiento migratorio hacia la ciudad
the drift from the land → el éxodo rural, la despoblación del campo
the drift of events → la marcha de los acontecimientos

2. (= meaning) [of questions] → significado m
to catch sb's drift → seguir or entender a algn
I don't get your drift → no te entiendo

3. (= mass) [of snow] → ventisquero m; [of sand] → montón m; [of clouds, leaves] → banco m (Geol) → morrena f
continental drift → deriva f continental

B. VI

1. (in wind, current) → dejarse llevar, ir a la deriva; (= be off course) [boat] → ir a la deriva; [person] → vagar, ir a la deriva
to drift downstream → dejarse llevar río abajo
he drifted into marriage → se casó sin pensárselo
to let things drift → dejar las cosas como están
to drift from job to job → cambiar a menudo de trabajo sin propósito fijo

2. [snow, sand] → amontonarse

C. VT (= carry) → impeler, llevar; (= pile up) → amontonar

D. CPD drift ice N → hielo m flotante
drift net N → traína f

drift apart VI + ADV → irse separando poco a poco

drift away VI + ADV → dejarse llevar por la corriente

drift off VI + ADV (= doze off) → dormirse, quedarse dormido

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drift

[ˈdrɪft]

n

[current] → force f

[sand] → amoncellement m

[snow] (on ground) → congère f snow drift

(= movement of people) → mouvement m

(= general meaning) [speech] → sens m général
I catch your drift → Je vois en gros ce que vous voulez dire.
to get sb's drift, to follow sb's drift → comprendre où qn veut en venir

vi

(= move with the current) [boat] → aller à la dérive, dériver; [sailor] → être emporté(e) par le courant
to drift somewhere → dériver quelque part
to let things drift (fig) (= fail to control) → laisser les choses aller à la dérive

(= move with the wind) [mist] → être poussé(e) par le vent; [balloon] → être poussé(e) par le vent

(= pile up) [sand, snow] → s'amonceler, s'entasser

drift apart

vi (= become estranged) [friends, lovers] → s'éloigner l'un de l'autre

drift away

vi (= disperse) [crowd, people] → se disperser

drift into

vt fus (= become involved in without planning) [+ crime, prostitution] → sombrer peu à peu dans

drift off

vi (= fall asleep) → s'assoupir
to drift off to sleep → se laisser gagner par le sommeil

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drift

vi

(Naut, Aviat, snow) → treiben; (sand) → wehen; (Rad) → verschwimmen; to drift off course → abtreiben; rally drivers have a technique of drifting round corners → Rallyefahrer haben eine Technik, sich durch Kurven tragen zu lassen

(fig, person) → sich treiben lassen; to let things drift → die Dinge treiben lassen; he drifted into marriage/crime → er schlitterte in die Ehe/in eine kriminelle Laufbahn hinein (inf); he drifted from job to job → er ließ sich planlos von Job zu Job treiben; he was drifting aimlessly along (in life etc) → er lebte planlos in den Tag hinein, er ließ sich plan- und ziellos treiben; the nation was drifting toward(s) a crisis → das Land trieb auf eine Krise zu; young people are drifting away from the villages → junge Leute wandern aus den Dörfern ab; to drift apart (people) → sich auseinanderleben; we’re drifting apart → wir leben uns immer mehr auseinander; the audience started drifting away → das Publikum begann wegzugehen

vt → treiben; (wind) snow also → vor sich her treiben

n

(of air, water current) → Strömung f; the drift of the current (speed) → die (Stärke der) Strömung; (direction) → die Strömung(srichtung)

(= mass caused by drifting, of sand, fallen snow) → Verwehung f; (of leaves) → Haufen m

(of ship, aircraft) → (Ab)drift f, → Abweichung f; to allow for drift → Abdriften or Abweichungen (mit) einkalkulieren

(Geol: = deposits) → Geschiebe nt; glacial drift → Moräne f

(= tendency) the drift towards the cities → der Drang in die Städte; the drift of policy away from this reform → das grundsätzliche Abrücken von dieser Reform; the drift of support away from him → die nachlassende Unterstützung für ihn

(= general meaning: of questions) → Richtung f, → Tendenz f; I caught the drift of what he said → ich verstand, worauf er hinauswollte; if you get my drift → wenn Sie mich richtig verstehen

(Ling) → Tendenz f

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drift

:

drift net

n → Treibnetz nt

drift sand

n → Treibsand m

driftwood

n → Treibholz nt

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drift

[drɪft]

1. n

a. (direction, of current) → direzione f; (of events) → corso; (of conversation, opinion) → tendenza

b. (meaning, of questions) → senso
to catch sb's drift → capire dove qn vuole arrivare

c. (loss of direction) → deriva

d. (mass of snow, sand) → cumulo, mucchio

2. vi (in wind, current) → andare alla deriva; (clouds) → essere sospinto/a dal vento; (boat) → essere trasportato/a dalla corrente; (sand, snow) → accumularsi, ammucchiarsi; (person) → vagare; (events) to drift (towards) → scivolare (verso)
to drift downstream → venir portato/a a valle dalla corrente
he drifted into marriage → ha finito con lo sposarsi
to let things drift → lasciare che le cose vadano come vogliono
to drift apart (friends) → perdersi di vista (lovers) → allontanarsi l'uno dall'altro

drift off vi + adv (fall asleep) → scivolare nel sonno

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drift

(drift) noun

1. a heap of something driven together, especially snow. His car stuck in a snowdrift. opeenhoping, massa رُكام، إنْجِراف преспа monte závěj das Treiben drive; snedrive παρασυρόμενη μάζα montón hang, hunnik توده؛ پشته kinos amoncellement, congère הִיסַחֲפוּת बहाव nanos, hrpa förgeteg; hófúvás tumpukan skafl mucchio, cumulo 吹きだまり 표는 하는 덩어리 sąnaša, pusnis (sniega) kupena; (lapu) kaudze tompokkan opeenhopinghaug, snødrivezaspa كوچ يا ګردله لكه د واورى غونډې monte morman, grămadă куча; сугроб závej kup smet driva กอง yığın, birikinti 吹積物 замет, кучугура برف یا ریت کا جمع کردہ ڈھیر đống 吹积物

2. the direction in which something is going; the general meaning. I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said. koers, neiging إتِّجاه، مَعْنى направление teor smysl die Richtung mening τροπή, νόημαsentido mõttekäik مفهوم سخن perusajatus sensכוונה बहाव की दिशा smjeranje, nakana irány(zat) arti umum hugsanagangur, merking senso 流れの方向 취지 esmė, kryptis (notikumu) ievirze; (domu) gaita makna kasar strekkingmening, tendens, tankegangsens, tok مفهوم، خبره teor idee (generală) смысл zmysel smer; pomen smisao tendens, riktning, tankegång, innebörd เส้นทาง; ความหมาย anlam, maksat 大意 напрям, спрямованість بات کا مقصد nội dung 大意，要旨

verb

1. to (cause to) float or be blown along. Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river. dryf يَنْجَرِف، يَنْساق . нося (се) ser levado být navátý, být unášen treiben drive παρασέρνω, παρασέρνομαι dejarse llevar, moverse empujado ajama, ajuma به حرکت درآمدن ajelehtia dériver, être emporté לְהִיסָחֵף बह जाना biti nošen strujom úszik, lebeg hanyut reka; fjúka trasportare, lasciarsi trasportare 漂流する 표류하다 plaukti/nešti pasroviui sanest; sadzīt (smiltis u.tml.); peldēt (pa straumi) hanyut meedrijven, bedekkendrive, fyke nawiać, dryfować په حركت راوستل ser levado a fi purtat de vânt/de curent, a aluneca относить течением; наметать ветром naviať; unášať biti gnan; nositi biti nošen driva ล่องลอย yığılmak, birikmek, sürüklenmek 漂流 наносити بہنا یا بہا لے جانا trôi dạt 漂流

2. (of people) to wander or live aimlessly. She drifted from job to job. swerf يَسيرُ على غَيْر هُدى، يَتَنَقَّلُ оставям се на съдбата vaguear těkat, přecházet sich treiben lassen flakke περιπλανιέμαιvagar, ir sin rumbo, ir a la deriva rändurielu elama سرگردان بودن ajelehtia flâner, aller à la dérive לְשוֹטֵט, לִנדוֹד मटरगश्ती करना lutati, živjeti bez cilja sodródik berpindah-pindah láta reka á reiðanum, slæpast spostarsi 放浪する 방황하다 plaukti pasroviui, bastytis ļauties pašplūsmai berpindah-pindah zich doelloos voortbewegen gå og drive, slentre, slenge nie móc długo zagrzać gdzieś miejsca, krążyć سرګردان اوسيدل vaguear a se lăsa în voia sorţii дрейфовать prechádzať tavati lutati driva vind för våg, ströva, vandra ระหกระเหิน sürüklenmek, gayesiz dolaşmak 漫無目的地漂泊或生活 пливти за течією بغیر مقصد بھٹکنا phó mặc cho số phận 随波逐流，游荡

ˈdrifter noun

1. a fishing-boat that uses a net which floats near the surface of the water. dryfnetboot قارِب صَيْد дрифтер barco pesqueiro logr das Treibnetz-Fischerboot drivgarnskutter ανεμότρατα trainera triivpüügilaev قایق ماهیگیری kalastusalus drifter סִירָת מִכמוֹרֶת मछली पकड़ने वाली एक नौका ribarski brod sa mrežom potegačom húzóhálós halászcsónak perahu nelayan (rekneta)veiðibátur/-skip peschereccio con rete a deriva 流し網漁船 유망(流網)어선 drifteris drifters perahu nelayan drijfnetvisser drivgarnsfisker kuter z wleczką sieci د ماهي نيولو قايق barco pesqueiro bar­că de pescuit дрифтер logger ribiška ladja ribarski čamac båt för drivgarnsfiske เรือตกปลา ağ çeken balıkçı gemisi 漂網漁船 дрифтер مچھلی کے رواں جال کے ساتھ شکار کرنے کی کشتی thuyền đánh cá 漂网渔船

2. a person who drifts. swerwer شَخْص مُنْجَرِف непостоянен човек vagabundo tulák, ztroskotanec ziellose Person dagdriver άνθρωπος ανερμάτιστος, που παρασύρεται από 'δω κι από κει vagabundo, trotamundos vagabund آدم سرگردان ajelehtija personne qui se laisse aller נווד घुमक्कड़ lutalica sodródó ember pengembara slæpingi, flækingur persona che va alla deriva 放浪者 표류자 bastūnas, valkata klaidonis pengembara zwerverdagdriver, landstrykerwłóczęga سرګردانه سړى vagabundo hoinar летун; перекати-поле tulák, stroskotanec neodločnež skitnica kringdrivande person, vagabond คนระหกระเหิน avare, başıboş 漂泊者 бродяга آوارہ گرد آدمی người lang bạt 流浪者

ˈdriftwood noun

wood floating on or cast up on the shore by the sea. We made a fire with driftwood. dryfhout خَشَب الشاطِئ плавей madeira naplavené dříví das Treibholz drivtømmer επιπλέοντα ξύλα madera flotante ajupuit چوب آب آورده ajopuu bois flotté גִזְרֵי עֵץ נִסחָפִים बह कर आई लकड़ी naplavine drveta uszadékfa kayu hanyut rekaviður legname galleggiante 流木 유목(流木) išmesti į krantą rąstgaliai/medžiai/nuolaužos krastā izsviesti koki kayu hanyut drijfhoutdrivved, rekved drzewo wyrzucone na brzeg lub pływające w wodzie لرګى چې د سند له غاړي سره اوبو راوړى وې madeiro lemn plutitor плавник naplavené drevo plavni les nasukano drvo drivved ไม้ที่ลอยมาเกยฝั่ง suyun süreklediği odun parçaları 浮木 сплавний ліс آب آورد یا باد آورد لکڑی củi rều 浮木

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drift

→ اِنْـجِرَاف, يَنْجَرِفُ být unášen, unášení drive treiben, Verwehung μετατόπιση, περιφέρομαι flujo, ir a la deriva, marcha ajelehtia, kinos dérive, dériver biti nošen, nanos moto, trascinare 押し流されるもの, 漂流する 떠돌다, 표류 afdrijven, verplaatsing drive dryf, zanieść z prądem coisa flutuante, deriva, ser levado pela corrente, ser levado pela correnteza дрейфовать, перемещение drift, driva เร่ร่อน, ลอย sürüklenmek, uzaklaşma sự trôi dạt, trôi dạt 漂流

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