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drifting

/ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/

Meanings
  • verb

    The act of being carried by currents in a slow, aimless way.

    - "The boat was drifting along the river."
    - "The ice floes were drifting towards the North Pole."
  • noun

    A slow, aimless movement or progress.

    - "The drifting sands covered the desert landscape."
    - "The drifting smoke from the chimney filled the room."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with drifting
drift , sift , lift , rift , gulf , pulf , mulf , almight , night , light , right , might , sight , height , tight , bite , kite , sprite , fight , light , plight , fright , light , height , bite , hite , knight , night , right , might , sight , height , bite , sight , light , height , bite , write , byte , fright , height , bite , right , might , slight , slight , slight , slight
Variants
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drifting , drift , drifted , driftingly , drifts , drift off , drifted off , drifted off to sleep , drifting off , drifts off
Etymology
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From Old North French driften, or the Middle Dutch driuwen, meaning 'to drive'.


Trivia
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  1. Drifting is a popular extreme sport where drivers intentionally lose control of their vehicles to perform slides and drifts.

  2. The term 'drifting' is also used in meteorology to describe the slow movement of high-pressure systems.

  3. The longest drifting glacier in the world is the Russell Glacier in Alaska, which has been drifting for over 1,000 years.


Related Concepts
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  1. Currents: A continuous flow of water, air, or other substance in a particular direction.

  2. Advection: The horizontal transport of heat, moisture, or other substances by wind or water currents.


Culture
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Drifting has been a popular theme in literature, particularly in the works of Herman Melville and Mark Twain, who have written extensively about the drifting of ships and the impact it has on the sailors and passengers. In art, drifting has been depicted in paintings and sculptures that show the slow, aimless movement of objects, such as clouds or leaves.

How to Memorize "drifting"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a boat slowly drifting along a river or a ship carried by the currents in the ocean.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'drifting' with the image of a boat or an object being carried by the currents.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Drowsy River Floats' to remember the definition of drifting as the slow, aimless movement of an object on a river.


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