Synonym: cruise, float, glide, meander, ramble, roam, stray, wander. Similar words: rifle, terrific, lift, fifty, fifth, shift, gifted, fifteen. Meaning: [drɪft] 
n. 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 that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents 5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion) 6. the pervading meaning or tenor 7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine. v. 1. be in motion due to some air or water current 2. wander from a direct course or at random 3. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment 4. vary or move from a fixed point or course 5. live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely 6. move in an unhurried fashion 7. cause to be carried by a current 8. drive slowly and far afield for grazing 9. be subject to fluctuation 10. be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current.
n. 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 that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents 5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion) 6. the pervading meaning or tenor 7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine. v. 1. be in motion due to some air or water current 2. wander from a direct course or at random 3. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment 4. vary or move from a fixed point or course 5. live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely 6. move in an unhurried fashion 7. cause to be carried by a current 8. drive slowly and far afield for grazing 9. be subject to fluctuation 10. be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current. 
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61. These are the students who drift through classes without working too hard or being pushed too much.
62. For a time it overcame her, and she seemed to drift in black depths.
63. Delta plans may also be distorted by strong longshore drift.
64. He had sifted some larger pebbles from the sand and was throwing them absently at the dike of drift and kelp.
65. Spirits of the dead drift over the battlefield locked in eternal battle.
66. Once more he struggled to maintain a line that did not drift towards leg stump.
67. He should have enough time to finish his drink and be away before his fellow-officers started to drift in.
68. There are no rough edges: the three men and three women drift from solo to duet to ensemble with seamless ease.
69. Differentiators based on operational amplifiers do not suffer from drift.
70. An odd kind of row, he mused, letting himself drift.
71. But this was not enough to keep away mosquitoes, which started to arrive and drift towards the flames.
72. But the daggers had remained sheathed during the meal, and she had allowed her thoughts to drift into those glittering waters.
73. Now that managed funds are doing somewhat better, will investors drift away from index funds?
74. Susan allowed the ship to drift down, and relaxed as the bulk settled into the receptive, motherly ground.
75. The narrative line wavers, its constant ebb and flow in political affairs and love story creating a sense of drift.
76. Some of these girls might, however, drift away again when they reach their crisis period.
77. If you do nothing, there's a danger you could drift apart.
78. So long as no viable cause for continental drift could be demonstrated, however, belief in it remained an act of faith.
79. A band plays at every street corner, crowds drift from bar to beer stand to disco and back to bar.
80. Spray drift can seriously damage neighbouring crops, livestock, wildlife and humans.
81. It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction. Warren Buffett 
82. Then came the population and administrative drift from west to east.
83. To be in Hell is to drift: to be in Heaven is to steer. George Bernard Shaw
84. Lush mountains, fragrant spice and tea plantations drift via thick forests to fabulous sandy beaches and the stunning Arabian Sea.
85. He waxed vehement about dinosaurs and extinction, about continental drift and the good old Galapagos finch.
86. He sat back and let their conversation drift over him.
87. She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan's deck shoes on the ladder.
88. Many see their first shooting star, and with that(sentencedict.com), drift off to never-never land.
89. If the paddler builds up speed and then stops paddling, the boat will drift on in a straight line.
90. Earth had begun to drift from the cross-wires; the radio antenna was no longer pointing toward its target.