to drift

  • 121drift apart — verb lose personal contact over time The two women, who had been roommates in college, drifted apart after they got married • Syn: ↑drift away • Hypernyms: ↑estrange, ↑alienate, ↑alien, ↑disaffect …

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  • 122Drift (Nachrichtentechnik) — Als Drift bezeichnet man in der Telekommunikation eine verhältnismäßig langsame Änderung eines Wertes oder einer Eigenschaft eines Systems oder einer Einrichtung. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Beispiele 2 Einfluss 3 Temperaturdrift 4 …

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  • 123drift — /drɪft / (say drift) noun 1. a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure. 2. Navigation movement or course under the impulse of water currents, wind, etc. 3. Physical Geography a broad and shallow current which advances at a rate of… …

  • 124drift — n. & v. n. 1 a slow movement or variation. b such movement caused by a slow current. 2 the intention, meaning, scope, etc. of what is said etc. (didn t understand his drift). 3 a large mass of snow, sand, etc., accumulated by the wind. 4 esp.… …

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  • 125Drift Prairie — The Drift Prairie is a geographic region of North and South Dakota. The gently rolling hills and shallow lakes were formed by glacial action, while the Badlands are characterized by the lack of this action, and the Red River Valley was a former… …

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  • 126drift — 01. We turned off the motor on the boat, and just [drifted] with the current for a while. 02. I lay on my air mattress on the lake, and just [drifted] around enjoying the sunshine. 03. The boy [drifted] into crime because his parents never seemed …

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  • 127Drift, Cornwall — Coordinates: 50°06′05″N 5°34′58″W / 50.10125°N 5.58265°W / 50.10125; 5.58265 Drift is a village in west Cornwall …

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  • 128drift — 1. A gradual movement, as from an original position. 2. A gradual change in the value of a random variable over time as a result of various factors, some random and some systematic effects of trend, manipulation, etc. antigenic d. the …

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