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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151. Some relationships drift into dependency and caring without much conscious thought.
152. When Bath won an attacking scrum on the right and Swift began to drift across his marker did not follow him.
153. When reports began to drift back from pentecostal revivals abroad, the flaming marvels became even more spectacular.
154. The flickering insect halo began to drift slowly away, keeping a constant six feet above the earth.
155. Between searingly bright periods, the sky boils with thundery clouds that drift on by without releasing a drop.
156. We drift around looking the place over for accommodation, eventually selecting a wooden building called Sand Dune Apartments.
157. There was nothing to do except wait for the gale to cease while we let Hsu Fu drift with the wind.
158. I follow your drift, but I just don't believe it.
159. The movements did not so much drift apart as come to represent opposed interests.
160. It was then that she began to really drift from University life.
161. But this year, it has finally decided to flower profusely, forming brownish clouds which drift hazily over the bush.
162. Unfortunately, the legal aid statistics have not provided the direct evidence that the levels have been allowed to drift.
163. The old man craned his head to catch a drift of the conversation.
164. People began to talk among themselves, others to drift off.
165. He rejected claims by environmentalists that drift nets led to overfishing.
166. Without the cement of regular meetings or contact, they gradually began to drift apart.
167. Another four years would drift by, and she would still be tied to Julius Landor.
168. The system could work properly only if the values of the two currencies did not drift too far apart from each other.
169. Answer guide: If concise objectives are not set organizations will tend to drift a long not knowing where they are going.
170. Women with expensive highlights drift around Space NK.
171. Continental Drift has had a long and turbulent history since it was first proposed by Alfred Wagener in 1910.
172. To design and manufacture a constant-source with adjustable amplitude value and the test system, and to realize the examination of zener diode voltage drift parameter, is very important.
173. The pulse was drift backwards nonlinear by the self - frequency shift effect.
174. The improvements are attributed by the large increase in average electron mobility as well as in drift velocity at 77 K.
175. The frequency drift and noice problem are solved by the theory of elcetricmagnetic compatibility and using the phase lock loop technique.
176. Sixth, the mechanism of drift instability based on the physical interpretation of GKS stability criterion is remarked.
177. The relaxation oscillation is proved through temporal behavior of the thin-beam drift ina infinite space.
178. Numerically simulates the indoor particle dispersion in a three-dimensional ventilated room by the Lagrangian model(sentencedict.com), the drift flux model and the passive transport scalar treatment method.
179. The torquing current is measured and related to drift rate by prior calibration data.
180. He worries about America's resoluteness in a long competition with China, already sees a "drift to antagonism" and fears it could lead to a war that might turn nuclear.