Drift - traduction, prononciation, transcription

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Amer.  |drɪft|  American pronunciation of the word drift
Brit.  |drɪft|  British pronunciation of the word drift

noun

- une force qui fait bouger quelque choseEd (syn: impetus, impulsion)
- le départ progressif d'un parcours prévu en raison d'influences extérieures (comme un navire ou un avion)Ed
- un processus de changement linguistique sur une période de tempsEd
- une grande masse de matériau entassée par le vent ou par les courants d'eauEd
- une tendance générale au changement (selon avis)Ed (syn: movement, trend)
- le sens omniprésent ou le ténorEd (syn: purport)
caught the general drift of the conversation
- un passage horizontal (ou presque horizontal) dans une mineEd (syn: gallery, heading)
they dug a drift parallel with the vein

verb

- être en mouvement à cause d'un courant d'air ou d'eauEd (syn: blow, float)
the boat drifted on the lake
The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
- déambuler d'un parcours direct ou au hasardEd (syn: err, stray)
don't drift from the set course
- se déplacer sans but ou sans destination, souvent à la recherche de nourriture ou d'emploiEd (syn: cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander)
the laborers drift from one town to the next
- varier ou se déplacer d'un point fixe ou d'un coursEd
stock prices are drifting higher
- vivre sans hâte, irresponsable ou librementEd
My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school
- se déplacer sans se presserEd
The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests
- faire porter par un courantEd
drift the boats downstream
- conduire lentement et loin pour le pâturageEd
drift the cattle herds westwards
- être soumis à des fluctuationsEd
The stock market drifted upward
- être entassés en talus ou en tas par la force du vent ou d'un courantEd
snow drifting several feet high
sand drifting like snow

Matrix of words

noun

- la dérive — drift, drifting, fin, leeway, driftage
- le mouvement — movement, motion, move, stir, drift, business
- la déviation — deviation, deflection, diversion, detour, drift, curvature
- la dérivation — derivation, diversion, deriving, drift, elicitation
- la portée — scope, range, reach, litter, impact, drift
- l' amoncellement — drift
- le but — purpose, goal, aim, object, view, drift
- la congère — drift
- la poussée — thrust, push, surge, thrusting, buoyancy, drift
- le nuage — cloud, drift, reek
- l' accumulation — accumulation, build-up, collection, accretion, cumulation, drift
- l' entassement — overcrowding, heap, piling up, drift, cock, overstock
- la rafale — gust, flurry, squall, blast, drift, bluster
- l' apports — drift

verb

- dériver — derive, drift, divert, shunt, deflect, be adrift
- flotter — float, hover, drift, flow, waft, stream
- aller à la dérive — drift
- voguer — sail, drift, wander
- se dériver — drift
- s'amonceler — mass, pile up, drift
- s'entasser — crowd, bank, stack, pack, pile up, drift
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