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drifted, past participle; drifts, 3rd person singular present; drifting, present participle; drifted, past tense;
  1. Be carried slowly by a current of air or water
    • - the cabin cruiser started to drift downstream
    • - excited voices drifted down the hall
  2. (of a person) Walk slowly, aimlessly, or casually
    • - people began to drift away
  3. Move passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition
    • - I was drifting off to sleep
    • - Lewis and his father drifted apart
  4. (of a person or their attention) Digress or stray to another subject
    • - I noticed my audience's attention drifting
  5. (esp. of snow or leaves) Be blown into heaps by the wind
    • - fallen leaves start to drift in the gutters
    • - drifting snow
  1. (drifting) aimless wandering from place to place
  2. (drifting) aimless: continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
  3. (Drifting (1983 film)) Drifting (a.k.a. Nagu'a) is the title of an independent film directed by Amos Guttman. Filmed in 1982, released a year later, it is the first Israeli LGBT-themed film, and follows a lonely young gay man as he attempts to find love and break into the movie business. ...
  4. (Drifting (film)) Drifting is a 1923 drama film directed by Tod Browning.
  5. (Drifting (motorsports)) Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed. ...
  6. (Drifting (Salmonella Dub song)) "Drifting" is a single by New Zealand dub group Salmonella Dub released in 1999.
  7. (Drifting) In forging‚ the operation of forming or enlarging a hole by use of a tapered punch.
  8. (Drifting) The movement of bees that have lost their location and enter other hives; common when hives are placed in long straight rows where returning foragers from the center hives tend to drift to the row ends. ...
  9. (Drifting) Odds that are getting longer.
  10. Drifting usually occurs in apiaries where the hives are spaced close to one another and Bees accidentally enter the wrong hive.
  11. (Drifting) A controlled way to manage a corner at speed, by sliding the board.
  12. ("Drifting") by Kyell Gold, from FurAffinity.net
  13. (Drifting) A controlled slide, usually on a loose surface eg gravel or leaves.
  14. (Drifting) A drift occurs when the longboard loses traction around a turn. Drifting is a controlled movement designed to reduce speed and commonly used in downhill racing. Drifting may also occur unintentionally when carving.
  15. (Drifting) A method of fishing where the angler allows the boat to drift in the wind. Usually involves using live bait.
  16. (Drifting) Floating, caused by winds and current with a determinable direction
  17. (Drifting) Tendency of bees to drift from their own hive to adjacent ones; especially if hives are placed close together and face same direction. Some races of bees are known to drift more than others.
  18. (Drifting) The process in which bees join a separate hive other than their own, often due to loss of direction or hive placed too close together.
  19. (Drifting) When a skater moves into a lane they should not be in or if a skater changes lanes and interferes with another skater. This is a foul.
  20. (Drifting) When the odds on an event get larger than their original posting price, they are said to lengthen or 'drift'.
  21. When the price of any horse lengthens. For example a horse may have drifted from 3-1 to 10-1.
  22. This is where the odds of an event happening have increased because bookies believe it is less likely to occur. For example the odds of Manchester United winning the league have drifted from 3/1 to 4/1. Drifted is also known as lengthened.
  23. Attaining a certain minimum I.D. clearance by pushing a mandrel through pipe or tubing.
  24. This term is a less severe description of horses that bore out or bolted. It pertains only to a horse's course through the stretch run and can be determined only by reviewing the head onshot of the video tape replay. Horses that drift do so gradually. ...