Meaning of Drifting | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act by which something drifts.
   countable, uncountable
2. That which drifts.
   countable, uncountable
3. A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“True, there had been some heavy falls of snow⟳ and some of the roads had become⟳ blocked, while north of Inverness there was drifting that held up traffic here and there, but things were no worse than are expected in January.”

“Still, she did not regret⟳ him, for nothing Ernest could have⟳ given her would have⟳ equalled the delight of those romantic driftings on the lake with Eden.”

“[W]ith hollow eyes / Many all day in dazzling river stood, / To take⟳ the rich-ored driftings of the flood⟳.”

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