English-German translations for drift

• driften
• treiben
  Dieses politische Sich-treiben-lassen muß aufhören. This drift in policy terms has to stop.
  Es ist klar, dass wir uns vier Monate lang haben treiben lassen. It is clear that we have been drifting for four months.
• Abdrift die
• abdriften
  Ein Abdriften in diese Richtung sollte verhindert werden. We must be cautious about a drift in that direction.
  Ich habe Angst vor einem Abdriften in Richtung grüner Tarife, gerechtfertigt durch derartige Behauptungen. I worry about a drift towards green tariffs justified on the basis of such spurious claims.
  Wir müssen sicherstellen, dass wir nicht zu einer auf den Verbraucher gerichteten Werbung abdriften, die die Patienten eindeutig nicht wollen. We have to ensure that we do not drift into direct-to-consumer advertising, which patients clearly do not want.
• abdriften nach
• Abtrift die
• Drift die
• Driften
• irren
• sich zu einer Verwehung anhäufen
• Strecke die
• Verwehungen bilden
• wabern
• Wehe die
• ziehen nach
• ziellos wandern
• ziellos ziehen
• zu einen Haufen zusammenwehen
• zu Haufen zusammengeweht werden

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

Related words

• snowdrift
• adrift
• drifter
• driftwood
• drifting
• spindrift
• driftage
• driftway
• driftfish