to drift with the current
11drift — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pile, heap, deposit; movement, deviation; tendency, meaning.See assemblage, motion, direction. v. i. proceed aimlessly; pile up. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tendency in movement] Syn. bent, tenor, trend …
12drift fishing — 1) using a series of gill nets which are allowed to drift in the open ocean 2) angling from a boat allowed to move with the current, wind or tide 3) casting a weighted bait upstream and allowing it to drift downstream. The weight and bait bounce… …
13dead drift — the way artificial flies drift with the current so as to appear natural; this requires that no part of the line and rig cause unnatural drag, frightening away the fish …
14drift — 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 …
15drift net — noun Date: 1662 a fishing net often miles in extent arranged to drift with the tide or current and buoyed up by floats or attached to a boat …
16drift castnet — a castnet in which half is lowered into the water from a boat, the other half resting on the gunwhale. The boat drifts with the current which keeps the net open. When the fisherman feels a fish touch the net through the vibration of a rope… …
17drift net — a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide. [1840 50] * * * …
18drift — drɪft n. movement, direction, tendency; something which has accumulated due to the force of wind or water v. float along with the current; wash away, carry away …
19drift net — noun A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat …
20Drift and Mastery — Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest   Author(s) Walter Lippmann …
