drift
/drɪft/ v [I] (MOVE)Definition
› to move slowly, esp. as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: He stopped rowing and let the boat drift. › Someone or something that drifts changes in a gradual way that seems to be controlled by outside forces: I finally drifted off to sleep.
(Definition of drift v (MOVE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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