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drift

verb
  1. To move along with or be carried away by the action of water: float, wash. See move
  2. To pass smoothly, quietly, and undisturbed on or as if on a slippery surface: coast, slide. See move
  3. To move about at random, especially over a wide area: gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, roam, rove, stray, traipse, wander. See move
  4. To put into a disordered pile: bank 1, heap, hill, lump 1, mound, pile (up), stack. See order
noun
  1. A group of things gathered haphazardly: agglomeration, bank 1, cumulus, heap, hill, mass, mess, mound, mountain, pile, shock 2, stack, tumble. See order
  2. Something suggestive of running water: current, flood, flow, flux, rush, spate, stream, surge, tide. See move
  3. The general sense or significance, as of an action or statement: amount, burden 2, import, purport, substance, tenor. Idioms: sum and substance, sum total. See meaning
  4. The thread or current of thought uniting or occurring in all the elements of a text or discourse: aim, burden 2, intent, meaning, purport, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust. See meaning

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