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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drift \drift\, v. i. imp. p. p. drifted; p. pr. vb. n.
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 drifted
ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
1913 webster
we drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- coleridge.
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2. to accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven
into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
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3. mining to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for
the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or
ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. u.s.
1913 webster
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drifted drifting
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