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drift
1. noun1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) montón2) (the direction in which something is going; the general meaning: I couldn't hear you clearly, but I did catch the drift of what you said.) sentido
2. verb1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) dejarse llevar, moverse empujado2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) vagar, ir sin rumbo, ir a la deriva•- drifter- driftwood
drift vb flotar / ir con la corrientethey didn't tie the boat up and it drifted away no amarraron el barco, y se lo llevó la corrientetr[drɪft]■ the drift of people from the country to cities el desplazamiento de la gente del campo a las ciudades4 (meaning, gist) significado, sentido, idea■ do you get my drift? ¿me entiendes?, ¿entiendes lo que quiero decir?5 SMALLGEOLOGY/SMALL (deposits of earth, gravel, rock, etc) terreno de acarreo1 (float on water) dejarse llevar por la corriente; (be or go adrift) ir a la deriva, derivar; (float in air) moverse empujado,-a por el viento2 (pile up - of snow, sand, leaves, etc) amontonarse■ the conversation drifted from one subject to another la conversación iba derivando de un tema a otro1 (snow, sand, etc) amontonar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto drift apart distanciarseto drift off to sleep quedarse dormido,-adrift ['drɪft] vi1) : dejarse llevar por la corriente, ir a la deriva (dícese de un bote), ir sin rumbo (dícese de una persona)2) accumulate: amontonarse, acumularse, apilarsedrift n1) drifting: deriva f2) heap, mass: montón m (de arena, etc.), ventisquero m (de nieve)3) meaning: sentido mn.• cosa llevada por la corriente s.f.• deriva s.f.• impulso s.m.• rumbo s.m.• tendencia s.f.v.• derivar v.• destorcer v.• ventiscar v.
I drɪft1)b) ( be adrift) \<\<boat/person\>\> ir* a la derivac) ( in air) \<\<balloon\>\> moverse empujado por el viento2) ( proceed aimlessly)to drift apart — \<\<couple/friends\>\> distanciarse
3) ( pile up) \<\<sand/snow\>\> amontonarse
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2) ( meaning) (no pl) sentido mI didn't quite catch your drift — no entendí or capté muy bien lo que querías decir
3) ( movement)[drɪft]1. N1) (=deviation from course) deriva f ; (=movement) movimiento m ; (=change of direction) cambio m (de dirección)the drift from the land — el éxodo rural, la despoblación del campo
2) * (=meaning) [of questions] significado mto catch sb's drift — seguir or entender a algn
3) (=mass) [of snow] ventisquero m ; [of sand] montón m ; [of clouds, leaves] banco m ; (Geol) morrena fcontinental drift — deriva f continental
2. VI1) (in wind, current) dejarse llevar, ir a la deriva; (=be off course) [boat] ir a la deriva; [person] vagar, ir a la deriva2) [snow, sand] amontonarse3.VT (=carry) impeler, llevar; (=pile up) amontonar4.CPD* * *
I [drɪft]1)b) ( be adrift) \<\<boat/person\>\> ir* a la derivac) ( in air) \<\<balloon\>\> moverse empujado por el viento2) ( proceed aimlessly)to drift apart — \<\<couple/friends\>\> distanciarse
3) ( pile up) \<\<sand/snow\>\> amontonarse
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2) ( meaning) (no pl) sentido mI didn't quite catch your drift — no entendí or capté muy bien lo que querías decir
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2 balsa
'bo:lsə1) ((also balsa tree) a tropical American tree.) balsa2) ((often balsa-wood) its very lightweight wood: His model aeroplane is made of balsa.) balsa
balsa sustantivo femenino ( embarcación) raft;◊ balsa inflable/salvavidas inflatable/life raft
balsa 1 sustantivo femenino Náut raft
balsa hinchable, inflatable raft
balsa salvavidas, life raft
balsa 2 sustantivo femenino
1 (charca, estanque) pool, pond Locuciones: figurado como una balsa de aceite, as calm as a millpond ' balsa' also found in these entries: English: downstream - ferry - float - raft - lifebalsa ['bɔlsə] n: balsa fn.• balsa s.f.['bɔːlsǝ]N (also: balsa wood) (madera f de) balsa f
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