'Drifting' definitions:
Definition of 'drifting'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Drifting'
From: GCIDE
- Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drifting.]
- 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. [1913 Webster]
- We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'drifting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ascending,
- axial,
- back,
- back-flowing,
- backward,
- circumforaneous,
- descending,
- discursive,
- divagatory,
- down-trending,
- downward,
- errant,
- flitting,
- floating,
- flowing,
- fluent,
- flying,
- footloose,
- footloose and fancy-free,
- fugitive,
- gadding,
- going,
- gypsy-like,
- gypsyish,
- gyrational,
- gyratory,
- landloping,
- meandering,
- migrational,
- migratory,
- mounting,
- nomad,
- nomadic,
- passing,
- plunging,
- progressive,
- rambling,
- ranging,
- reflowing,
- refluent,
- regressive,
- retrogressive,
- rising,
- roaming,
- rotary,
- rotational,
- rotatory,
- roving,
- running,
- rushing,
- shifting,
- sideward,
- sinking,
- soaring,
- straggling,
- straying,
- streaming,
- strolling,
- traipsing,
- transient,
- transitory,
- transmigratory,
- up-trending,
- upward,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- wandering