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  • Drift netting — Drift netting. Drift netting is a fishing technique where nets, called drift nets, are allowed to float freely at the surface of a sea or lake. Usually a drift net is a gill net with floats attached to a rope along the top of the net, and weights …   Wikipedia

  • Drift — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drift of the forest — Drift 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drift (linguistics) — There are two types of linguistic drift, a unidirectional short term and cyclic long term drift. Contents 1 Short term unidirectional drift 2 Long term cyclic drift 3 See also …   Wikipedia

  • drift — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 slow movement ADJECTIVE ▪ gradual, slow ▪ leftward, rightward ▪ He criticized the rightward drift of the party. ▪ continental …   Collocations dictionary

  • drift — drift1 [ drıft ] verb intransitive ** 1. ) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or water: The boat started to drift out to sea. Thick smoke from a forest fire drifted across the town. a ) if snow or sand drifts, the wind blows it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drift — I UK [drɪft] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms drift : present tense I/you/we/they drift he/she/it drifts present participle drifting past tense drifted past participle drifted ** 1) to be pushed along very slowly by the movement of air or… …   English dictionary

  • drift — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Old English drīfan to drive more at drive Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of driving something along b. the flow or the velocity of the current of a river or ocean stream 2. something driven, propelled …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • drift away — phr verb Drift away is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑voice …   Collocations dictionary

  • drift back — phr verb Drift back is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑thought …   Collocations dictionary

  • drift off — phr verb Drift off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑attention, ↑voice …   Collocations dictionary

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