drift

drift
drift VERB 1) be carried slowly by a current of air or water. 2) walk or move slowly or casually. 3) (of snow, leaves, etc.) be blown into heaps by the wind.
NOUN 1) a continuous slow movement from one place to another. 2) the general intention or meaning of someone's remarks: he got her drift. 3) a large mass of snow, leaves, etc. piled up by the wind. 4) deviation from a course because of currents or winds. 5) Geology deposits left by retreating ice sheets. 6) S. African a ford.
ORIGIN Old Norse, 'snowdrift, something driven' ; related to DRIVE(Cf. ↑driveable).

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