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The correct spelling is drift.
How to pronounce drift
/dɹɪft/
nounIPA: /dɹɪft/
Say it like: Dri-ft
The correct spelling is drift. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved. For example: "genetic drift"
Usage Examples
“genetic drift”
“The balloon was drifting in the breeze.”
“He drifted from town to town, never settling down.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
- 2.The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- 3.A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- 4.The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- 5.The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
verb
- 1.To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
- 2.To move haphazardly without any destination.
- 3.To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- 4.To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- 5.To drive into heaps.
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