drift

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To be carried slowly by currents of water or air.

• The boat drifted downstream without oars.
• Smoke drifted lazily from the chimney.
• Leaves drift through the autumn air.
• Continental plates drift at rates of only a few centimeters per year, yet over millions of years they reshape entire ocean basins.
• Without clear policy direction, organizations tend to drift toward inefficient practices that undermine their stated objectives.
• Genetic drift in isolated populations can lead to significant evolutionary changes independent of natural selection pressures.

Eş anlamlılar: float, waft, glide

Zıt anlamlılar: steer, navigate, direct

Amaçsız veya yönsüz hareket etmek

To move or act without purpose or direction; to wander aimlessly.

• He drifted from job to job without settling down.
• After college, she drifted for a few years.
• His attention drifted during the long meeting.

Eş anlamlılar: wander, meander, roam

Zıt anlamlılar: focus, concentrate, commit

Yavaş, kademeli hareket veya konum değişimi

A slow, gradual movement or change in position or direction.

• There's been a drift toward more conservative policies.
• The drift of the current carried them eastward.
• Scientists measured the continental drift.

Eş anlamlılar: movement, shift, flow

Rüzgârla biriken kar yığını

A pile of snow or other material accumulated by wind.

• We got stuck in a huge snow drift.
• The road was blocked by drifts.
• Sand drifts covered the abandoned village.

Eş anlamlılar: snowdrift, bank, heap

Bir şeyin genel anlamı veya amacı

The general meaning or intention of something said or written.

• I didn't understand all the words, but I got the drift.
• The drift of his argument was clear.
• Do you catch my drift?

Eş anlamlılar: gist, essence, tenor, thrust

Zıt anlamlılar: detail, specifics