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drift [drɪft](a) (float → on water) aller à la dérive, dériver; (→ in current, wind) être emporté; Aviation dériver;∎ Nautical to drift off course dévier de son cap;∎ the boat drifted downstream le bateau descendait le fleuve à la dérive ou à vau-l'eau;∎ the clouds drifted les nuages étaient poussés par le vent;∎ mist drifted in from the sea il y avait de la brume qui venait de la mer;∎ the smell of cooking drifted up from the restaurant des odeurs de cuisine montaient du restaurant;∎ the sound of music drifted up from the garden on entendait de la musique qui montait du jardin(b) (sand, snow) s'amonceler, s'entasser;∎ some snow had drifted in through the open door de la neige s'était infiltrée par la porte ouverte(c) (move aimlessly) marcher nonchalamment;∎ people began to drift in/out les gens commençaient à entrer/sortir d'un pas nonchalant;∎ the audience started to drift towards the exit les spectateurs se dirigeaient lentement vers la sortie;∎ figurative the conversation drifted from one topic to another la conversation passait d'un sujet à un autre;∎ he just drifts along, he drifts through life il se laisse porter par les événements;∎ he drifted into a life of crime il a sombré dans la délinquance(d) Electronics se décaler(b) (of sand, snow) amonceler, entasser3 noun∎ the drift of the current took us southwards le courant nous a emportés vers le sud;∎ figurative the drift from the land l'exode m rural, la migration vers la ville;∎ population drift mouvement m de population;∎ the drift towards war la dérive vers la guerre;∎ Geography the North Atlantic Drift le courant nord-atlantique(b) (of leaves, sand) amoncellement m, entassement m; (of fallen snow) amoncellement m, congère f; (of falling snow) rafale f, bourrasque f; (of clouds) traînée f; (of dust, mist) nuage m; Geology (deposits) apports mpl(c) Aviation & Nautical (of plane, ship) dérivation f; (of missile) déviation f; (deviation from course) dérive f(d) Electronics déviation f∎ the drift back towards the classics le retour aux classiques∎ do you get my drift? voyez-vous où je veux en venir?;∎ familiar I get the/your drift je pige(g) Linguistics évolution f (d'une langue)►► Nautical drift anchor ancre f flottante;drift ice (UNCOUNT) glaces fpl flottantes ou en dérive;Fishing drift net filet m dérivant(fall asleep) s'assoupir;∎ I drifted off for a while je me suis assoupi quelques instants
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