Drift is valid Scrabble Word

Is drift a scrabble word?
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5 letters word
9 points in Scrabble
9 points in WWF

Definitions for DRIFT in dictionary:

VERB:

to drift along in a current
be carried slowly by a current of air or water
walk slowly, aimlessly, or casually
move passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition
(of a person or their attention) digress or stray to another subject
(especially of snow or leaves) be blown into heaps by the wind
be carried along by currents of air or water
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.
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
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.

To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.
To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
be in motion due to some air or water current
wander from a direct course or at random
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
vary or move from a fixed point or course
live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
move in an unhurried fashion
cause to be carried by a current
drive slowly and far afield for grazing
be subject to fluctuation
be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

NOUN:

a continuous slow movement from one place to another
the deviation of a vessel, aircraft, or projectile from its intended or expected course as the result of currents or winds
a steady movement or development from one thing towards another that is perceived as unwelcome
a state of inaction or indecision
a controlled skid, used in taking bends at high speeds.
a large mass of snow, leaves, or other material piled up or carried along by the wind
glacial and fluvioglacial deposits left by retreating ice sheets.
a large spread of flowering plants growing together
a horizontal or inclined passage following a mineral vein or coal seam
an act of driving cattle or sheep.
an act of herding cattle within a forest to a particular place on an appointed day in order to determine ownership or to levy fines.
a ford.
A driving; a violent movement.
The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
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.
That which is driven, forced, or urged along
Anything driven at random.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth\'s surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.
In South Africa, a ford in a river.
A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
The angle which the line of a ship\'s motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
a force that moves something along
the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
a process of linguistic change over a period of time
a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
the pervading meaning or tenor
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
something piled up by the wind or current
the general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks

ADJECTIVE:

That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to move along in a current

Words related to DRIFT

drifted12 driftier12 driftiest13 drifting13 driftless13 driftpin14 drifts10 drifty13

How to use DRIFT in a sentence

And then, according to the command of my father, my canoe was cast loose and I was left to drift down all alone.
There could be no harm in letting the talk drift a little further.
The blow lifted the girl from her feet and flung her into a drift two yards away.
And then she would whisper of little things that had happened and smile a little and seem to drift the farther into the harbor of security into which she had come.
As we camp late the temperature is evidently very low and there is a low drift.
And once, when I beat him for stopping short before a drift, he was saving my life.
Worthington, but that strange drift by the gate troubled Hugh, and the signal above it seemed to him like a signal of distress.
For nearly fifty years his predecessors, Germans as they were in language and interest, had allowed things to drift in England and America.
There he headed down-stream and permitted the boat to drift.
Failing to ford the river at that drift, we proceeded down-stream with the hope of crossing it somewhere else.

By the time you get through the first chapter you will see the drift.
The evidence is overwhelming that this drift has a certain consistent direction.
Ill health sometimes made him irritable and morbid, but the drift of his inner nature was unchanged.
The drift of the water was bringing the body slowly nearer to him.
She began to drift to leeward, and being unable to aim at the enemy, we could make no use of the bow gun.
If particles drift down on the boat, stay inside the cabin most of the time.
Two brilliant exploits, the rush from Klip Drift to Kimberley, and the heading off of Cronje at Vendutie Drift, practically exhausted it.
Here a great crushing in a snow drift showed where she had fallen.
Falling swiftly as an arrow, feet downward, he struck a great snow drift at the bottom.
The drift of things is impelled by great forces of ancient and world-wide origin.
Had she gone to the devil for him, stood and faced the drift of opinion for his sake, that Judith could have understood.
Or, if human beings do not interest you, imagine the mysterious gleam of yellow windows veiled behind a drift of intermingled smoke and steam.

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