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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drifted}; p. pr & vb n. {Drifting}.] 1. To float or be driven along by or as by a current of water or air; as the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge. 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as snow or sand drifts. 3. (mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
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