"drift" meaning in Anglais

See drift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \dɹɪft\, dɹɪft, dɹɪft, dɹɪft Audio: En-us-drift.ogg , En-au-drift.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-drift.wav Forms: drifts [plural]
  1. Mouvement.
    Sense id: fr-drift-en-noun-ugS0CrqD Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Gué.
    Sense id: fr-drift-en-noun-gmz3xtWB Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  3. Sous-entendu, ce que l’on veut dire, intention. Tags: figuratively
  4. Galerie suivant une veine ou une formation rocheuse.
    Sense id: fr-drift-en-noun-WdbVbag~ Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de l’industrie minière, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  5. Dérive.
    Sense id: fr-drift-en-noun-qM7xborG Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la marine, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais Topics: nautical
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adrift, catch one’s drift

Verb

IPA: \dɹɪft\, dɹɪft, dɹɪft, dɹɪft Audio: En-us-drift.ogg , En-au-drift.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-drift.wav Forms: to drift [infinitive], drifts [present, third-person, singular], drifted [preterite], drifted [participle, past], drifting [participle, present]
  1. Dériver.
    Sense id: fr-drift-en-verb-X62gAl0j Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drifter, driftwood

Inflected forms

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