Antonyms for drift
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : drift |
| Phonetic Transcription : drɪft |
Definition of drift
Origin :- c.1300, literally "a being driven" (of snow, etc.); not recorded in Old English; either a suffixed form of drive (v.) (cf. thrift/thrive) or borrowed from Old Norse drift "snow drift," or Middle Dutch drift "pasturage, drove, flock," both from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (cf. Danish and Swedish drift, German Trift), from PIE root *dhreibh- "to drive, push" (see drive (v.)). Sense of "what one is getting at" is from 1520s. Meaning "controlled slide of a sports car" attested by 1955.
- noun accumulation
- noun meaning, significance of communication
- verb move aimlessly
- As they walked single-file through the narrowing of a drift, she wondered about him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- If we permit our economy to drift and decline, the vulnerable will suffer most.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- I was now ashore, with two or three months of drift before me.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- They were, however, superior to the drift men, and had some notion of art.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- But what her eyes met caused the color to drift from her face.
- Extract from : « Gloria and Treeless Street » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- The drift of the boat had brought us so close that he could have grasped the gunwale had he been so minded.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The tide of memories was setting in now—the drift back to the old mooring.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- I saw the figures of dockers appear, more and more, I saw some of them drift to the docks.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- I did not in the least understand his drift; neither did I care to inquire into it now.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- It's my basket they'll be wantin', no me; and i' this drift, basket may flee but it winna float!'
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for drift
- accumulate
- aim
- alluvion
- amass
- amble
- bank
- batch
- be carried along
- bunch
- bundle
- clump
- cluster
- coast
- dance
- deposit
- design
- direction
- draw near
- end
- flicker
- flit
- flitter
- float
- flow
- flutter
- gad
- gallivant
- gather
- gist
- go with the tide
- go-that-a-way
- gravitate
- heap
- hill
- hover
- implication
- import
- intention
- kick around
- linger
- lot
- malinger
- mass
- meander
- mosey
- mound
- mountain
- muck
- object
- parcel
- pile
- progress
- progression
- purport
- ride
- sail
- saunter
- scope
- scud
- set
- shock
- significance
- skim
- slide
- stack
- stray
- stroll
- tend
- tendency
- tenor
- waft
- wander
- wash
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