The meaning of Drifting

Drifting – definition

adjective
Carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
A drifting ocean liner
adjective
(especially of snow or leaves) blown into heaps by the wind.
Usage examples:
Long stretches of drifting snow

verb
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream
Synonims:
Be carried Be carried (away/along)Be borne Be wafted Float Bob Move slowly Go with the current Coast Meander
verb
(especially of snow or leaves) be blown into heaps by the wind.
Usage examples:
Fallen leaves were starting to drift in the gutters
Synonims:
Pile up Bank up Heap up Accumulate Gather Form heaps/drifts Amass

adjective
Moving slowly, usually with no one or nothing controlling the direction
Usage examples:
He fell asleep at the wheel of the drifting ship., dark, drifting clouds covered the moon., the dri…

Drifting translation into English

Drifting: translate from English into Chinese

漂流, 流

Drifting: translate from English into Dutch

Afdrijven

Drifting: translate from English into French

Dérive

Drifting: translate from English into German

Treiben

Drifting: translate from English into Hindi

बहती

Drifting: translate from English into Italian

Alla deriva

Drifting: translate from English into Korean

표류

Drifting: translate from English into Russian

Дрейфующий, Дрейф, Дрейфование

Drifting: translate from English into Spanish

A la deriva

Word origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘mass of snow, leaves, etc.’): originally from Old Norse drift ‘snowdrift, something driven’; in later use from Middle Dutch drift ‘course, current’, and (in drif

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Drifting – similar words

drifted

verb
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

noun
A continuous slow movement from one place to another.
Usage examples:
There was a drift to the towns

noun
The general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks.
Usage examples:
Maybe i'm too close to the forest to see the trees, if you catch my drift

All meanings and translations of Drifted

drift

verb
Be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstream

noun
A continuous slow movement from one place to another.
Usage examples:
There was a drift to the towns

All meanings and translations of Drift

Drifting synonims

accumulate

verb
Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
Usage examples:
Investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence

All meanings and translations of Accumulate

amass

verb
Gather together or accumulate (a large amount or number of material or things) over a period of time.
Usage examples:
He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds

verb
To gather a large amount of something, esp. money, by collecting it over a period of time
Usage examples:
By the time he was 40, he had amassed a fortune.

verb
To get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period
Usage examples:
He has amassed a huge fortune from his invention., we have amassed a large amount of information.

All meanings and translations of Amass

bob

verb
Make a quick, short movement up and down.
Usage examples:
I could see his head bobbing about

noun
A quick, short movement up and down.
Usage examples:
She could only manage a slight bob of her head

verb
Cut (someone's hair) in a bob.
Usage examples:
She'd had her hair bobbed and highlighted

All meanings and translations of Bob

coast

noun
The part of the land adjoining or near the sea.
Usage examples:
The west coast of africa

verb
(of a person or vehicle) move easily without using power.
Usage examples:
They were coasting down a long hill

noun
The land next to or close to the sea
Usage examples:
We lived on the southeast coast of florida., he coasted to a stop., she coasted through her senior …

All meanings and translations of Coast

float

verb
Rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
Usage examples:
She relaxed, floating gently in the water

noun
A thing that is buoyant in water.
Usage examples:
Eventually the many rings were threaded, the float attached, shotted and the hook tied on.

verb
Be on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

All meanings and translations of Float

gather

verb
Come together; assemble or accumulate.
Usage examples:
As soon as a crowd gathered, the police came

noun
A part of a garment that is gathered.
Usage examples:
This can be accomplished at side seams, the center back seam, gathers, pleats, darts or a combinati…

verb
Assemble or get together

All meanings and translations of Gather

meander

verb
(of a river or road) follow a winding course.
Usage examples:
A river that meandered gently through a meadow

noun
A winding curve or bend of a river or road.
Usage examples:
The river flows in sweeping meanders

verb
To follow a route that is not straight or direct
Usage examples:
Hikers can meander along the path next to the river for several miles.

All meanings and translations of Meander

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