Drifting

Word DRIFTING
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Drifting"

What do we mean by drifting?

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 enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.

To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).

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The word "drifting" in example sentences

Ferman said she had never heard of the term drifting before the fatal accident, but she now realizes that teenagers having been practicing it for a while. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With such deep, evident differences, Mr Xi has this week urged a longer view, framing what he calls the "drifting clouds" and "temporary disturbances" of the current turbulent relationship against the undeniable achievements in the 40 years since Nixon's landmark visit to China. ❋ Peter Foster (2012)

Magic Kids, however, have little in common with the likes of Small Black, Washed Out and all the fuzzy and sunburned music drifting from the west coast. ❋ Andrew Clements (2010)

Dead-drifting is important, too, especially in trout or walleye rivers where a jig swinging in the current, and occasionally ticking bottom, is a top producer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The activists -- key members of the coalition that propelled Obama to the White House -- fear he is drifting from the antiwar moorings of his once-longshot presidential candidacy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is all told in flashback scenes, as an iceberg is drifting from the arctic, slowly melting to reveal the shape of a man. ❋ Unknown (2008)

At that point, another company will be the new, hot place to work, and the talent will begin drifting towards that employer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Anyway, I spent the rest of the evening hanging out on the ground level of the hotel, drifting from the green room where ❋ Jaylake (2007)

Im drifting from the point but dont feel impotent in these matters. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Ratchet in hand, he peers into the truck's dark cavern, tapping his boot to Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings" drifting from the garage. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It's worth noting that even with Americans dominating the women's game, European audiences still have been drifting from the men. ❋ Unknown (2002)

But in the town of Tequila, where the main industry is the making of the drink of the same name, regardless of how they make it, one could almost get drunk breathing in the vapors drifting from the town's distilleries. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Bright lights clicked on and we could see limp pink and green crepe paper drifting from the rafters and the walls. ❋ Unknown (1997)

My summary of what I call the drifting status quo is increasing political tension, because of the factors I mentioned earlier, threats to portability, mobility and national standards, unnecessarily high interest rates because of the political instability and lower-than-potential growth. ❋ Unknown (1995)

My name drifting continually over them has a way of hypnotizing me. ❋ Ben Hecht (1929)

"The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" - whom she described as "drifting through the town, drinking up the night, trying not to drown" - was recorded by Roberta Flack, Petula Clark, Rickie Lee Jones and, in an instrumental version ❋ By DOUGLAS MARTIN (2011)

Ash clouds drifting from the Icelandic volcano are expected to come to Turkey on Tuesday. ❋ THE ANATOLIA NEWS AGENCY (2010)

I think that policy of muddling through and drifting is a policy that should be immediately discarded and England take full charge of the situation in India, and the redeeming feature in India today is, that you have at the head of affairs a man who is definitely committed not as a matter of expediency but gas a matter of principle to the policy of non-violence and peaceful methods to be pursued, and when the rest of the world is dancing the mad dance of the sword, there is one man alive today who thinks that nothing worth while has ever been accomplished by physical force. ❋ Unknown (1938)

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