drift

n

1. impulse, impetus, drive, driving force; pressure, push, urge, rush, sweep, controlling influence; current, flow, run, movement, motion.

2. tendency, direction, bias, trend; course, gravitation, bearing; inclination, bent, leaning, proclivity, propensity, penchant.

3. meaning, intent, purport, tenor, tone, vein; implication, connotation, significance, signification; sense, import, spirit, gist, essence, core, pith.

4. heap, pile, mass, accumulation; mound, bank, dune.

v

5. wander, ramble, rove, roam, meander; deviate, digress, stray, go off the track; peregrinate, tramp, nomadize, Sl. bum around.

6. be carried along, be borne, be swayed, go with the wind or tide, go with the current