drift
- sense 1: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
- float drift be_adrift blow
- sense 2: wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"
- stray err drift
- sense 3: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"
- wander swan stray tramp roam cast ramble rove range drift vagabond
- sense 4: vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"
- drift
- sense 5: live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school"
- freewheel drift
- exist survive live subsist
- sense 6: move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests"
- drift
- sense 7: cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream"
- drift
- sense 8: drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards"
- drift
- sense 9: be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"
- drift
- sense 10: be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow"
- drift
- accumulate cumulate conglomerate pile_up gather amass