English-Danish translations for drift

  • driveVi skal imidlertid være årvågne, hvis vi vil undgå at drive i den retning. However, we need to be vigilant if we wish to avoid any drift in that direction. Vi har simpelthen ikke råd til at lade Afrika drive bort fra resten af verden. We simply cannot afford to allow Africa to continue to drift away from the rest of the world. Vi er i færd med at drive ind i tågen uden at vide præcist, hvornår vi vil overskride den skæbnesvangre grænse. We are currently drifting off our course in the fog, without knowing exactly at what point we are going to go over the edge.

Definition of drift

  • Movement; that which moves or is moved
  • The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse
  • A place along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side
  • The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments
  • A tool
  • A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles
  • The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene
  • A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel
  • A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler
  • To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc
  • To move haphazardly without any destination
  • To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel
  • To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body
  • To drive into heaps
  • To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps
  • 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 oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See

Examples

  • a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, etc
  • genetic drift
  • The boat drifted away from the shore
  • The balloon was drifting in the breeze
  • He drifted from town to town, never settling down
  • This car tends to drift left at high speeds
  • A current of wind drifts snow or sand
  • Snow or sand drifts

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