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Drift logo #10101) Arrive 2) Autobot 3) Be carried on the breeze 4) Be subject to fluctuation 5) Blizzard creation 6) Blow 7) Blow with the wind 8) Blown snow 9) Come 10) Deviate to Dublin from Split 11) Exclusively Saxon word 12) Exclusively Anglo word 13) Fictional helicopter 14) Fictional samurai 15) Float 16) Float along
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Drift logo #10101) Deviate 2) Direction 3) Drumlin 4) Float 5) Gad 6) Gallivant 7) Gist 8) Impetus 9) Impulsion 10) Incline 11) Leeway 12) Maunder 13) Mood 14) Roam 15) Rove 16) Saunter 17) Slip 18) Snowdrift 19) Stray 20) Tendency 21) Tenor 22) Tide 23) Travel 24) Trend 25) Waft 26) Wander 27) Wind
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drift logo #10444
  1. a force that moves something along
  2. the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
  3. a process of linguistic change over a period of time
  4. something heaped up by the wind or current
  5. a general tendency as of opinion
  6. general meaning or tenor
  7. (mining) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
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Drift logo #21833 When the odds of a horse increase or ease.[2][6]
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drift logo #22054(1) the driving of cattle to one place on an appointed day to determine ownership (P 205); the gathering, impounding, registration and temporary clearance of all commoners
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Drift logo #21002• (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel. • (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. • (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along &bu...
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drift logo #21003(from the article `continental landform`) Theoretical matters were complicated further by suggestions during the 19th century that iceberg rafting of gravel during Noah`s Flood accounted for ...
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drift logo #21003(from the article `geomagnetic field`) Azimuthal drift is produced by two effects: a decrease in the strength of the main field away from the Earth and a curvature of magnetic field lines. ... ...instabilities are related to different periodicities in particle motion. Typical examples are bounce resonance of waves with particles traveli...
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drift logo #21003(from the article `navigation`) The angle between the heading of the aircraft and its track along the ground was known as the drift angle because it resulted from the drifting ...
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drift logo #21001(drift) slow movement away from the normal or original position. a chance variation, as in gene frequency from one generation to another; the smaller the population, the greater the chance of random variations. antigenic drift relatively minor changes in the antigenic ...
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Drift logo #21627(Also, Ease) Odds that 'Lengthen', are said to have drifted, or be 'On The Drift'.
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drift logo #22223(1) the driving of cattle to one place on an appointed day to determine ownership (P 205); the gathering, impounding, registration and temporary clearance of all commoners
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drift logo #104441. an ocean current's speed of motion. 2. an observed change, usually uncontrolled, in meter performance, meter factor, etc., that occurs over a period of time. v:1. to move slowly out of alignment, off center, or out of register. 2. gauge or measure pipe by means of a mandrel passed through it to ensure the passage of tools, pumps, and so on.
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Drift logo #20972Drift adjective That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. Kane. Drift anchor . See Sea anchor , and also Drag sail , under Drag , noun -...
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Drift logo #20972Drift intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Drifted ; present participle & verbal noun Drifting .] 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft dr...
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Drift logo #20972Drift noun [ From drive ; akin to LG. & Dutch drift a driving, Icelandic drift snowdrift, Danish drift , impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, German trift pasturage, drove. See Drive .] 1. A driving; a violent movement. « The dragon drew him ...
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Drift logo #20972Drift transitive verb 1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. J. H. Newman. 2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand. 3. (Machinery) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
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drift logo #23000(glacial) A collective term for all the rock, sand, and clay that is transported and deposited by a glacier either as till or as outwash.
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Drift logo #20131 An archaic term for heterogeneous sediment (presumed to be deposited by drifting icebergs, perhaps in Noah's flood!). Includes and retained in stratified drift, but not in till.
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Drift logo #20850A change of a reading or a set point value over long periods due to several factors including change in ambient temperature, time, and line voltage.
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drift logo #20974movement noun 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`
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drift logo #20974purport noun the pervading meaning or tenor; `caught the general drift of the conversation`
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Drift logo #22488A curved, soft-edged clump of plants; the most attractive, naturalistic planting pattern for large flowerbeds and borders.
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Drift logo #23362 A strategic grouping of plants in the landscape forming a drift.
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drift logo #23665[El Deafo glossary] move about aimlessly or without any destination
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