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drift 1. noun1) (a heap of something driven together, especially snow: His car stuck in a snowdrift.) haug, snødrive2) (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.) mening, tendens, tankegang2. verb1) (to (cause to) float or be blown along: Sand drifted across the road; The boat drifted down the river.) drive, fyke2) ((of people) to wander or live aimlessly: She drifted from job to job.) gå og drive, slentre, slenge•- drifter- driftwooddriveIsubst. \/drɪft\/1) ( også drift of the current) drift, strømgang2) strømningshastighet, fart, drivkraft3) strømning, strøm, flukt4) glidning5) skur6) sky, virvel7) drive, haug, fonn8) drivgods9) tendens, retning, kurs10) mening, tankegang11) det å drive, det å flyte, la ting gå sin skjeve gang13) (luftfart, også drift angle) avdrift18) ( sørafrikansk) vadested19) stoll, gruvegang, forbindelsestunneldrift snow snøføykeget somebody's drift forstå noen rettom jeg forstår \/ har forstått deg rettpolicy of drift politikk hvor man lar det skure og gåurban drift tilflytning til byerIIverb \/drɪft\/1) drive, gli2) la ting skure og gå3) slentre, vandre, streife omkring4) ( også drift up) fyke sammen5) bli dekket, bli nedstrødd6) ( tømmer) fløte7) ( teknikk) dore opp et hull, utvide et hull8) ( radio) fjerne seg fra bølgelengdedrift apart komme stadig lengre fra hverandre, gli fra hverandredrifting snow snødrev, snøføykedrift into a place slenge innom et sted, havne et steddrift into war dras inn i krig(en)let things drift la tingene drive, la tingene gå sin gang la det skure og gå
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