wind-drift current
1West Wind Drift — /wind/. See Antarctic Circumpolar Current. * * * …
2West Wind Drift — /wind/. See Antarctic Circumpolar Current …
3drift — 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.… …
4wind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. twist, [en]twine; coil, curl, spiral; bandage, loop; enfold, in fold; wreathe, roll; crank, reel; sinuate, meander, wander. See convulsion, deviation, rotation. n. See wind. II Current of air Nouns… …
5Wind — For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). Wind, from the …
6current — adj 1. present, immediate, instant, imminent, now passing, happening, occuring, ongoing, going on, present day; existent, extant, actual, being, coincident, concomitant, coeval, coexistent, simultaneous, contemporaneous, synchronous. 2. well… …
7drift´ing|ly — drift «drihft», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to carry along by currents of water or air: »The current was drifting our boat onto the rocks. 2. to heap up; pile up: »The wind is so strong it s drifting the snow. 3. to enlarge or shape (a hole) with a… …
8drift — [drift] n. [ME (akin to ON & MDu drift, OHG trift) < OE drifan, DRIVE] 1. an act or instance of being driven or carried along, as by a current of air or water or by circumstances 2. the course on which something is directed or driven 3. the… …
9Drift and Mastery — Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest   Author(s) Walter Lippmann …
10Drift — Drift, n. [From {drive}; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See {Drive}.] 1. A driving; a violent movement. [1913 Webster] The dragon drew him… …
