0 present participle of drift
1 to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction:
When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes, we were told to evacuate.
The boat drifted westwards in the prevailing winds.
The damaged boat drifted for days before it was finally taken in tow.
This is why the absolute values shown are drifting to the right.
Stationary and drifting spiral waves of excitation in isolated cardiac muscle.
These solutions correspond to an approximately spherical interface drifting slowly towards the boundary, without changing its shape.
