drift

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Anything driven at random.

   “Some log perhaps upon the waters swam, a useless drift.”

2. isim A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.

   “a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc.”

3. isim The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
4. isim A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.

   “cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drifts doing much damage to the high ways)”

5. isim 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 retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.

   “It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences.”

6. isim Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
7. isim A driving; a violent movement.

   “The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings.”

8. isim Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

   “Our drift was south.”

9. isim That which is driven, forced, or urged along.

   “The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.”

10. isim The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

    “A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose.”

11. isim A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
12. isim 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.

    “The Gods defenders of the innocent, Will neuer proſper your intended driftes, That thus oppreſſe poore friendles paſſengers.”

13. isim The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
14. isim 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.
15. isim A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
16. isim A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
17. isim A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
18. isim Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.

    “Reference sync servo system — permits minimal time-base error, assuring minimum jitter and drift.”

19. isim The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.

    “There is another form of drift when playing in a scene with other actors.”

20. isim A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
21. fiil To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.

    “The boat drifted away from the shore.”

22. fiil To move haphazardly without any destination.

    “He drifted from town to town, never settling down.”

23. fiil To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.

    “This car tends to drift left at high speeds.”

24. fiil To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.

    “1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua I was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria”

25. fiil To drive into heaps.

    “A current of wind drifts snow or sand”

26. fiil To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.

    “Snow or sand drifts.”

27. fiil 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.
28. fiil To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
29. fiil To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).