Definition of
drifting has definitions from the field of transportation
1
[ adjective ] afloat on the surface of a body of water

Synonyms

adrift

Examples

"after the storm the boats were adrift"

Used in print

(Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)

For the occasion on which everyone already knows everyone else and the host wishes them to meet one or a_few honored newcomers , then the `` open_house '' system is advantageous because the honored guests are fixed connective points and the drifting guests make and break connections at the door .

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

Young_Mrs._Arthur had opened the oven and there was a drifting odor of hot biscuits .

Related terms

afloat

2
[ adjective ] continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

Synonyms

floating vagabond vagrant aimless

Examples

"a drifting double-dealer" "the floating population" "vagrant hippies of the sixties"

Related terms

unsettled

3
[ noun ] (transportation) aimless wandering from place to place

Related terms

wandering stray

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

D R IH1 F T IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

drafting drift driftage draft drift_net drifter

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