Betekenis van drift In het Nederlands

• 0 to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction:

  • No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea.

  • A mist drifted in from the marshes.

  • After the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes.

  • figurative The talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another.

• 1 the general meaning without the details:

  • The general drift of the article was that society doesn't value older people.

  • She's married, but she doesn't act as if she is, if you get my drift.

• 2 a pile of snow or something similar, formed by the wind:

  • The snow lay in deep drifts.

  • The downward drift in copper prices looks like it will continue.

• 3 to move slowly, esp. as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction:

  • He stopped rowing and let the boat drift.

  • I finally drifted off to sleep.

• 4 the general meaning or message of something said or written:

  • After a minute I caught his drift and grinned back.

• 5 a gradual change that seems to be controlled by outside forces:

  • Many people experience a drift toward more conservative politics as they get older.

  • The state police closed the highway because of deep snow drifts.

• 6 to slowly go up or down in value with no particular control over direction:

  • drift lower/down/downwards The airline's shares drifted down 15 cents at $5.80.

  • drift higher/up

• 7 a slow change in value, with no particular control over direction:

  • an upward/downward drift in sth The downward drift in copper prices looks set to continue.

• 8 a slow development or change from one situation to another:

  • drift away from sth The company is not seeing evidence of any drift away from its premium brands.

  • drift to/toward sth There has been general unease about the drift toward a culture of selling, marketing, and consumerism.

• 9 a slow movement from one place to another:

  • a drift from sth to sth The population drift from the cities to the suburbs adds significantly to car use.