Phrase Hound found 63 phrases and 48 compound words that contain drift. The most common are listed below. Open drift in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 63
- continental driftThe slow movement of continents explained by plate tectonics.
- drift iceOne or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents.
- genetic driftAn overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.
- get the driftTo understand, at least on some basic or general level.
- drift netA very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat.
- concept driftThe tendency of a statistical model to become less and less accurate over time in real-world conditions.
- drift meterAn optical device, with a telescope and reticle, used to improve dead reckoning in aircraft navigation.
- sea-driftflotsam
- drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
- gets the driftthird-person singular simple present indicative of get the drift: To understand, at least on some basic or general level.
- getting the driftpresent participle and gerund of get the drift
- got the driftsimple past and past participle of get the drift
- gotten the driftpast participle of get the drift: To understand, at least on some basic or general level.
- Darwin driftThe phenomenon by which a fluid parcel is permanently displaced after the passage of a body through a fluid – the fluid being at rest far away from the body.
- drift seedA seed adapted for long-distance dispersal by water.
- snow driftAlternative form of snowdrift: A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
- drift of the forestThe act of driving or herding cattle in a forest to a particular place in order to determine who they belong to and whether the owners have a right to common or pasture them in the forest, and whether any fines should be paid by those …
- downward driftThe phenomenon of people with mental illness moving ever downward along the social and economic scale after they reach adulthood and live independently.
- catch someone's driftTo understand the meaning or implications of someone’s pronouncement.
- channel driftThe gradual shift of a television network away from its original programming in order to target a broader or more profitable audience.
- drift fruitA fruit adapted for long-distance dispersal by water.
- drift mineAny mine reached by a drift (horizontal or inclined passage) from the surface.
- drift minesplural of drift mine: Any mine reached by a drift (horizontal or inclined passage) from the surface.
- drift miningMining for gold by means of drifts in the gravel and detritus of old riverbeds.
- drift netsplural of drift net: A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat.
Compound words 48
- snowdriftA bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
- spindriftSea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.
- driftlessHaving no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless
- overdriftHaving gearing that turns the millstone by means of a pole that rises above it.
- underdriftHaving the gearing that turns the millstone beneath the floor.
- indriftTo drift in.
- bedriftTo drift about; drift around.
- driftwayA road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.
- raindriftA sheet of rain blown by the wind.
- downdriftA lowering (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language.