1. a balloon drifting eastward; as the wreckage drifted toward shore. 2. drifting among the party guests. 3. a day laborer, drifting from town to town. 4. To wander from a set course or point of attention; stray. 5. To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation. 6. snow drifting to five feet. 7. drifting the logs downstream. 8. Wind drifted the loose straw against the barn. 9. To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing. 10. The act or condition of drifting. 11. Something moving along in a current of air or water. 12. A bank or pile, as of sand or snow, heaped up by currents of air or water. 13. Rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier. 14. tendency 15. caught the drift of the conversation. 16. A gradual change in position. 17. A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention. 18. Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior. 19. A gradual change in the output of a circuit or amplifier. 20. The rate of flow of a water current. 21. A tool for ramming or driving something down. 22. A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes. 23. A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein. 24. A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels. 25. 1
