Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
drift verb
/drɪft/ v [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction
No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea.
A mist drifted in from the marshes.
After the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes.
figurative The talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another.
(Definition of drift verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
