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drift·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
driftingadjective
aimless wandering from place to place
aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrantadjective
continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
"a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
Wiktionary
driftingadjective
Having the property of moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
The drifting seaweed went where ever the currents pushed it.
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drifting
Drifting refers to the act or instance of being carried along by a current of air, water, or other fluid or the flow of a particular medium. It can also refer to moving or progressing slowly or aimlessly, often off track or off course. In the context of driving, drifting refers to a driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers and loses traction, while maintaining control of the vehicle.
Webster Dictionary
Drifting
of Drift
Wikidata
Drifting
Drifting is 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. A car is drifting when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle, to such an extent that often the front wheels are pointing in the opposite direction to the turn. As a motorsport discipline, professional drifting competitions are held worldwide and are judged according to the speed, angle and line taken through a corner or set of corners.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of drifting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of drifting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of drifting in a Sentence
Vision without a purposeful mission is a ship without a compass, drifting aimlessly in the sea of aspirations.
(The government) has become too focused on narrowly getting the deficit down without being able to say where that should fall other than simply on those who I think can less afford to have that fall on them, i think it is in danger of drifting in a direction that divides society rather than unites it, and that I think is unfair.
That's creating a lot of blowing and drifting snow and creating very hazardous travel conditions.
If the Fed tightens, it will be due to the fact that they have a perception that inflation is drifting up, but more important that unemployment is falling and the economy is recovering, for us, that is very good news.
To me there is something thrilling and exalting in the thought that we are drifting forward into a splendid mystery-into something that no mortal eye hath yet seen, and no intelligence has yet declared.
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