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drift (ˈdrɪft Pronunciation for drift ) 

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noun

  1. [of current] force feminine
  2. [of sand] amoncellement masculine
  3. [of snow] (on ground) congère feminine
    see also snow drift
  4. (= movement of people) mouvement masculine
  5. (= general meaning) [of speech] sens masculine général ⇒ I catch your drift. Je vois en gros ce que vous voulez dire.

    to get sb's drift or to follow sb's drift comprendre où qn veut en venir

intransitive verb

  1. (= move with the current)
    1. [boat] aller à la dérive, dériver
    2. [sailor] être emporté(e) par le courant

    to drift somewhere dériver quelque part

    to let things drift (figurative(= fail to control) laisser les choses aller à la dérive

  2. (= move with the wind)
    1. [mist] être poussé(e) par le vent
    2. [balloon] être poussé(e) par le vent
  3. (= pile up) [sand, snow] s'amonceler, s'entasser

Similar Words

= float, go (aimlessly), bob, coast, slip, sail, slide, glide, meander, waft, be carried along, move gently
= wander, stroll, stray, roam, meander, rove, range, straggle, traipse, stravaig, peregrinate
= stray, wander, roam, meander, digress, get sidetracked, go off at a tangent, get off the point
= pile up, gather, accumulate, amass, bank up, heap up, form drifts
= shift, movement, flow, transfer, relocation, gravitation
= pile, bank, mass, heap, mound, accumulation
= meaning, point, gist, aim, direction, object, import, intention, implication, tendency, significance, thrust, tenor, purport
= trend, course, current, flow, rush, sweep

'drift' in Other Languages

  • Arabic: اِنْـجِرَافPronunciation for اِنْـجِرَاف
  • Brazilian Portuguese: derivaPronunciation for deriva
  • Chinese: 漂流Pronunciation for 漂流
  • Croatian: nanosPronunciation for nanos
  • Czech: unášeníPronunciation for unášeníproudem
  • Danish: drivePronunciation for drive
  • Dutch: verplaatsingPronunciation for verplaatsing
  • European Spanish: marchaPronunciation for marchasignificado
  • Finnish: kinosPronunciation for kinos
  • French: dérivePronunciation for dérive
  • German: VerwehungPronunciation for Verwehung
  • Greek: μετατόπισηPronunciation for μετατόπιση
  • Italian: motoPronunciation for moto
  • Japanese: 押し流されるものPronunciation for 押し流されるもの
  • Korean: 표류Pronunciation for 표류
  • Norwegian: drivePronunciation for drive
  • Polish: dryfPronunciation for dryf
  • Portuguese: coisa flutuantePronunciation for coisa flutuante
  • Romanian: deplasare direcții
  • Russian: перемещениеPronunciation for перемещение
  • Spanish: flujoPronunciation for flujo
  • Swedish: driftPronunciation for drift
  • Thai: เร่ร่อนPronunciation for เร่ร่อน
  • Turkish: uzaklaşmaPronunciation for uzaklaşma
  • Ukrainian: дрейф
  • Vietnamese: sự trôi dạtPronunciation for sự trôi dạt
  • Arabic: يَنْجَرِفُPronunciation for يَنْجَرِفُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ser levado pela correntezaPronunciation for ser levado pela correnteza
  • Chinese: 漂流Pronunciation for 漂流
  • Croatian: biti nošenPronunciation for biti nošen
  • Czech: být unášenPronunciation for být unášenproudem
  • Danish: drivePronunciation for drive
  • Dutch: afdrijvenPronunciation for afdrijven
  • European Spanish: ir a la derivaPronunciation for ir a la deriva
  • Finnish: ajelehtiaPronunciation for ajelehtia
  • French: dériverPronunciation for dériver
  • German: treibenPronunciation for treiben
  • Greek: περιφέρομαιPronunciation for περιφέρομαι
  • Italian: trascinarePronunciation for trascinare
  • Japanese: 漂流するPronunciation for 漂流する
  • Korean: 떠돌다Pronunciation for 떠돌다
  • Norwegian: drivePronunciation for drive
  • Polish: zanieść z prądemPronunciation for zanieść z prądem nieść z prądem
  • Portuguese: ser levado pela correntePronunciation for ser levado pela corrente
  • Romanian: a se deplasa
  • Russian: дрейфоватьPronunciation for дрейфовать
  • Spanish: ir a la derivaPronunciation for ir a la deriva
  • Swedish: drivaPronunciation for drivaföras bort
  • Thai: ลอยPronunciation for ลอย
  • Turkish: sürüklenmekPronunciation for sürüklenmeksularla
  • Ukrainian: дрейфувати
  • Vietnamese: trôi dạtPronunciation for trôi dạt

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