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Meanings of drift in inglês

português
arrancada
catalão
impulsió

A force that moves something along.

arrancada
português
tendência
catalão
corrent
espanhol
corriente

A general tendency to change (as of opinion)

tendência
espanhol
galería

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.

galería
português
vadiar
catalão
vagar
espanhol
descarriarse

Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment.

vadiar
Usage of drift in inglês
1
However, industry sources said that the deadline may drift into early July.
The Irish Times
2
Get-togethers between friends often naturally drift toward other activities as interests change.
Wired
3
The intercontinental drift of consumer culture is far from a simple back-and-forth.
Wired
4
People are exposed through spray drift, residues on food and water contamination.
The Guardian
5
Type B change only by the more gradual process of antigenic drift.
Reuters
6
The ship did not just drift off course, it started to sink.
The Guardian
7
Nor did he mention the drift net he had seen that morning.
Depths
8
The Government outlawed salmon drift net fishing on the Shannon in 2007.
The Irish Times
9
Even our hut was but a smaller drift in the general picture.
The Blue Birds' Winter Nest
10
Any unevenness in the acceleration and compression of the air produces drift.
The Aeroplane Speaks
11
And in the drift of his silence the vision capriciously failed him.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
12
The same may be said of the drift of population in America.
Germany and the Germans from an American Point of View
13
Mr Reynolds misses the vital point - that drift netting is indiscriminate.
The Irish Times
14
Grave questions arise in connection with immigration, health, and the cityward drift.
Problems in American Democracy
15
The drift stuff was upwards of thirteen feet high in the gum-trees.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
16
The drift of events placed the protesting Republicans in an embarrassing situation.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
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Drift through the time
Drift across language varieties
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Common
Ireland
Common
Australia
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