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Drifting

//ˈdɹɪftɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces. not-comparable

    "The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it."

  2. 2
    Without direction, focus, or goal. not-comparable

    "[Lionel] Johnson was stern by nature, strong by intellect, and always, I think, deliberately picked his company, but [Ernest] Dowson seemed gentle, affectionate, drifting."

Adjective
  1. 1
    continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something drifts. countable, uncountable

    "True, there had been some heavy falls of snow and some of the roads had become blocked, while north of Inverness there was drifting that held up traffic here and there, but things were no worse than are expected in January."

  2. 2
    aimless wandering from place to place wordnet
  3. 3
    That which drifts. countable, uncountable

    "[W]ith hollow eyes / Many all day in dazzling river stood, / To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood."

  4. 4
    A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of drift form-of, gerund, participle, present

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