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

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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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