0 past simple and past participle of drift --
1 to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: --
For measurements of surround suppression, the mask was enclosed in an annulus surrounding the test, and drifted in the same direction as the test.
Often the animal's threshold responses drifted downward but eventually stabilized.
Whatever was without mass (air and fire), drifted away from the center of the earth.
They will have been born at various locations in and will have drifted around, being at point x on becoming mature.
Again, any drifted parts are repositioned as needed.
Initial studies based on this new view were very encouraging, but ultimately the two disciplines drifted apart and the level of collaboration dropped significantly.
As they drifted out to sea, they took 45 minutes to pass the ship.
The simplest assumption, and the point of departure for most population genetic investigations, is that inversions have drifted (neutrally) to their present frequency.
