Synonyms: drift, gallery, heading
Definition: a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
Usage: they dug a drift parallel with the vein
Similar words: passageway
Definition: a passage between rooms or between buildings
Definition: the pervading meaning or tenor
Usage: caught the general drift of the conversation
Definition: the general meaning or substance of an utterance
Usage: although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument
Synonyms: trend, movement, drift
Definition: a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Usage: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book; a broad movement of the electorate to the right
Similar words: inclination, disposition, tendency
Definition: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Usage: he had an inclination to give up too easily; a tendency to be too strict
Synonyms: drift
Definition: a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
Synonyms: drift, impetus, impulsion
Definition: a force that moves something along
Similar words: force
Definition: (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Usage: force equals mass times acceleration
Synonyms: drift
Definition: the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
Similar words: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity
Synonyms: drift
Definition: a process of linguistic change over a period of time
Similar words: linguistic process
Definition: a process involved in human language
Synonyms: drift
Definition: be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
Usage: snow drifting several feet high; sand drifting like snow
Similar words: pile up, accumulate, amass, cumulate, conglomerate, gather
Definition: collect or gather
Usage: Journals are accumulating in my office; The work keeps piling up
Synonyms: drift
Definition: be subject to fluctuation
Usage: The stock market drifted upward
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: drift
Definition: drive slowly and far afield for grazing
Usage: drift the cattle herds westwards
Synonyms: drift
Definition: cause to be carried by a current
Usage: drift the boats downstream
Similar words: float
Definition: set afloat
Usage: He floated the logs down the river; The boy floated his toy boat on the pond
Synonyms: tramp, swan, stray, drift, cast, roam, ramble, range, vagabond, wander, roll, rove
Definition: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Usage: The gypsies roamed the woods; roving vagabonds; the wandering Jew; The cattle roam across the prairie; the laborers drift from one town to the next; They rolled from town to town
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: drift, float, blow, be adrift
Definition: be in motion due to some air or water current
Usage: The leaves were blowing in the wind; the boat drifted on the lake; The sailboat was adrift on the open sea; the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: drift
Definition: move in an unhurried fashion
Usage: The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests
Definition: wander from a direct course or at random
Usage: The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her; don't drift from the set course
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Definition: live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
Usage: My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
Similar words: subsist, survive, live, exist
Definition: support oneself
Usage: he could barely exist on such a low wage; Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?; Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day
Synonyms: drift
Definition: vary or move from a fixed point or course
Usage: stock prices are drifting higher
Similar words: vary
Definition: be subject to change in accordance with a variable
Usage: Prices vary; His moods vary depending on the weather