The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
Origin
From Middle English drift, dryft, from Old English *drift ("drift"), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz ("drift"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ("to drive, push"). Equivalent to drive + -th; cognate with North Frisian drift ("drift"), Saterland Frisian Drift ("current, flow, stream, drift"), Dutch drift ("drift, passion, urge"), German Drift ("drift") and Trift, Swedish drift ("impulse, instinct"), Icelandic drift ("drift, snow-drift").
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