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Sea ice that is not attached to land
Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.). Unlike
Drift_ice
2012 American animated film
Ice Age: Continental Drift is a 2012 American animated adventure comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios. The fourth installment
Ice_Age:_Continental_Drift
Research stations built on the ice of the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean
A drifting ice station is a temporary or semi-permanent facility built on an ice floe. During the Cold War the Soviet Union and the United States maintained
Drifting_ice_station
Outcome of seawater as it freezes
encompasses ice that is free to move with currents and winds. The physical boundary between fast ice and drift ice is the fast ice boundary. The drift ice zone
Sea_ice
named Peaches. In Ice Age: Continental Drift, he gets into an argument with his teenage daughter before being pulled away by the drift with Diego, Sid and
List_of_Ice_Age_characters
American multimedia franchise
series: Ice Age in 2002, Ice Age: The Meltdown in 2006, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs in 2009, Ice Age: Continental Drift in 2012, and Ice Age: Collision
Ice_Age_(franchise)
Sea ice connected to the coastline
ice may either grow in place from the sea water or by freezing pieces of drifting ice to the shore or other anchor sites. Unlike drift (or pack) ice,
Fast_ice
2012 video game
Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games (also known as Ice Age 4: Continental Drift - Arctic Games) is a tie-in video game based on the film Ice Age:
Ice Age: Continental Drift – Arctic Games
Ice_Age:_Continental_Drift_–_Arctic_Games
2012 film score by John Powell
Ice Age: Continental Drift (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the film score to the 2012 film Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth instalment in
Ice Age: Continental Drift (soundtrack)
Ice_Age:_Continental_Drift_(soundtrack)
Fracture that opens up in an expanse of sea ice
lead that forms between the drift ice zone and the shore. Drift ice – Sea ice that is not attached to land Fast ice – Sea ice connected to the coastline
Lead_(sea_ice)
Current in the Arctic Ocean
The Transpolar Drift stream is a major ocean current of the Arctic Ocean, transporting surface waters and sea ice from the Laptev Sea and the East Siberian
Transpolar_Drift
1968 film directed by John Sturges
personnel of a British scientific weather station moving with the ice pack named Drift Ice Station Zebra. This rescue is actually a cover for the real mission
Ice_Station_Zebra
Ancient Greek geographer (born ca. 350 BC)
topoi ("places") mentioned in Strabo's apparent description of spring drift ice, which would have stopped his voyage further north and was for him the
Pytheas
Large pack of floating ice
kilometres (6.2 miles) across. Drift ice is a floating field of sea ice composed of several ice floes. They may cause ice jams on freshwater rivers, and
Ice_floe
1963 novel by Alistair MacLean
adapted into a film of the same name. Drift ice Station Zebra, a British meteorological station built on an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean, suffers a catastrophic
Ice_Station_Zebra_(novel)
Edward Smith and his officers knew before they left Southampton that the drift ice field was larger in extent and more southerly than in previous years.
Iceberg_that_sank_the_Titanic
Frozen water; the solid state of water
crystal lattice. Ice that is found at sea may be in the form of drift ice floating in the water, fast ice fixed to a shoreline or anchor ice if attached to
Ice
Oceanic division
Russian manned drifting ice stations have extensively monitored the Arctic Ocean. Scientific settlements were established on the drift ice and carried thousands
Arctic_Ocean
City in Hokkaido, Japan
sculptures built out of drift ice along with a large ice maze. Additionally, the Okhotsk Tower is a facility where one can observe sea ice from both high above
Monbetsu,_Hokkaido
City in Hokkaido, Japan
flowers. In the winter, tourists visit the city to watch the drift ice. Abashiri Prison Drift ice off Abashiri Abashiri's sightseeing ship & icebreaker Aurora
Abashiri
Polar region of the Earth's northern hemisphere
crewed drifting ice stations. Between 1937 and 1991, 88 international polar crews established and occupied scientific settlements on the drift ice and were
Arctic
Uninhabited skerry between Sweden and Finland
area is regularly washed over with seawater in storms, and scoured by drift ice in winter. Plant life, which is limited to low-growing grasses and herbs
Märket
1962 CIA intelligence mission
from an abandoned Soviet Arctic drifting ice station. Due to the nature of its abandonment as the result of unstable ice, the retrieval of the operatives
Project_Coldfeet
Soviet and Russian manned drifting ice stations are, as of 2025, 43 scientific drift stations operating or were operating on drift ice 1937–1938: German Spitsbergen
List_of_Arctic_expeditions
North Atlantic ice rafting events
Late Pleistocene and the Holocene, mainly based on petrologic tracers of drift ice in the North Atlantic. However, more recent work at a single site suggested
Bond_event
Transport of various materials by drifting ice
may eventually become embedded in the ice. When the ice melts after a certain amount of drifting, these objects are deposited onto the bottom of the water
Ice_rafting
Viking explorer
Westfjords. From there, he spotted a large fjord; Ísafjörður, then full of drift ice. Thus, he named the entire land Ísland (Iceland). When Flóki and the other
Hrafna-Flóki_Vilgerðarson
Ship classification
ice conditions and localized drift ice, Ice(1C) through Ice(1A*) for vessels operating in northern Baltic Sea (corresponding to Finnish–Swedish ice classes
Ice_class
polar region. Ice stations are constructed on land or on ice that rests on land, while others are drifting ice stations built on the sea ice of the high
List of research stations in the Arctic
List_of_research_stations_in_the_Arctic
Driving technique
Drifting is a driving technique where the driver purposely oversteers, with loss of traction, while maintaining control and driving the car through the
Drifting_(motorsport)
Northernmost point on Earth
but, due to the unstable nature of the ice, ended their crossing at the ice edge after drifting south on an ice floe for 99 days. They were eventually
North_Pole
1912 maritime disaster
drift ice, Californian's captain, Stanley Lord, had decided at about 22:00 to halt for the night and wait for daylight to find a way through the ice field
Sinking_of_the_Titanic
First nuclear-powered submarine of the US Navy, in service from 1954 to 1980
but was turned back by deep drift ice in those shallow waters. On 28 June, she arrived at Pearl Harbor to await better ice conditions.[citation needed]
USS_Nautilus_(SSN-571)
American screenwriter
subsequent films in the Ice Age franchise, including Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), and Ice Age: Collision Course
Michael_Berg_(screenwriter)
American racecar driver, stunt driver and television host
racing driver, stunt driver, and television host. He competes in rally, drift, ice racing, time attack, hill climb and rallycross with multiple podium placements
Tanner_Foust
2006 book by Siegfried Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery
first postulated by Gerard C. Bond, mainly based on petrologic tracers of drift ice in the North Atlantic. Over sixteen chapters the authors present their
Unstoppable_Global_Warming
Ice pushed onshore due to water movements or wind
An ice shove (also known as fast ice, an ice surge, ice push, ice heave, shoreline ice pileup, ice piling, ice thrust, ice tsunami, ice ride-up, or ivu
Ice_shove
British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)
surviving expedition members abandoned their ice-locked ships are wrong. He believes both ships drifted southwards, with at least two crew remaining until
John_Franklin
Clade of gastropods
Okhotsk. In winter, they migrate to the coast of north Hokkaido with drift ice. In this clade, the foot of the gastropod has developed into wing-like
Sea_angel
Soviet scientist and statesman (1891–1956)
expedition that established a drift-ice station "North Pole-1". In 1938, he was in charge of evacuating its personnel from the ice. Otto Schmidt was a member
Otto_Schmidt
Island, prefecture, and region of Japan
passage through the Sea of Okhotsk is often complicated by large floes of drift ice. Combined with high winds that occur during winter, this frequently brings
Hokkaido
mountains; larger masses of ice are termed ice sheets. Contrast polar ice cap. ice floe A large piece of floating drift ice, typically with a flat surface
Glossary of geography terms (A–M)
Glossary_of_geography_terms_(A–M)
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
the ice to this island, Shackleton decided to set up another more permanent camp (Patience Camp) on another floe, and trust to the drift of the ice to
Ernest_Shackleton
1914–17 British Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton
beset—trapped in the ice of the Weddell Sea—before it was able to reach Vahsel Bay. It drifted northward, held in the pack ice, throughout the Antarctic
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Imperial_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition
Outcome of the interaction between drifting ice and the seabed
Seabed gouging by ice is a process that occurs when floating ice features (typically icebergs and sea ice ridges) drift into shallower areas and their
Seabed_gouging_by_ice
Iceberg used as scientific drift station
drift station that included huts, a power plant, and a runway for wheeled aircraft. The iceberg was a thick tabular sheet of glacial ice that drifted
Fletcher's_Ice_Island
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
Wisting, was to resume the original plan to drift over the North Pole in the ice. The ship drifted in the ice for three years east of the New Siberian Islands
Roald_Amundsen
German research vessel
The Merian is capable of operating in near-polar regions and can handle drift ice up to a thickness of 80 cm. It is 94.80 m long, 19.20 m wide, and has
RV_Maria_S._Merian
Autonomous territory of Denmark
north of Cape Farewell, which is almost inaccessible due to southward drifting ice. The pilot on all three trips was English explorer James Hall. After
Greenland
English explorer (born 1944)
to the North Pole. The expedition failed when his sleds fell through weak ice and Fiennes was forced to pull them out by hand. He sustained severe frostbite
Ranulph_Fiennes
Australian polar explorer (1888–1958)
Eielson explored the drift ice north of Alaska, touching down upon it in Eielson's airplane in the first land-plane descent onto drift ice. Soundings taken
Hubert_Wilkins
Disputed group of islets in the Kuril Islands
ha-ap-oma-i (ハアプオマイ), which means "small island that appears when the drift ice retreats". In the seventeenth century the Matsumae clan made efforts to
Habomai_Islands
Oceanic basin north of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut, Canada
Peninsula. For most of the year, it is blocked by sea ice (fast ice) and drift ice made up of multiple ice floes. The nutrient-rich cold waters found in the
Foxe_Basin
German climatologist and geophysicist (1880–1930)
expedition (ice measurements, atmospheric optics, etc.) continued to the end of the 1920s. In November 1926 Wegener presented his continental drift theory
Alfred_Wegener
drag chute allowed safe landings on small ice-floes. 1937 Drifting ice station Soviet and Russian drifting ice stations are important contributors to exploration
Timeline of Russian innovation
Timeline_of_Russian_innovation
April 25, 2022. "Ice Age: Continental Drift". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 27, 2022. "Ice Age: Continental Drift". Metacritic. Fandom
List of Blue Sky Studios productions
List_of_Blue_Sky_Studios_productions
1893–1896 attempt by Fridtjof Nansen to reach the North Pole
into the pack ice, and waited for the drift to carry her towards the pole. Impatient with the slow speed and erratic character of the drift, after 18 months
Nansen's_Fram_expedition
English explorer (c. 1565 – after 1611)
sun shone for three months in the northern latitudes in the summer, the ice would melt, and a ship could make it across the "top of the world". On 1
Henry_Hudson
Sea in northern Europe
remnants of ice have been observed in May on several occasions; near Taarbaek on 15 May 1942 and near Copenhagen on 11 May 1771. Drift ice was also observed
Baltic_Sea
French and research platform
Bottenheim, Jan (2008-01-15). "Exploring Arctic Transpolar Drift During Dramatic Sea Ice Retreat". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 89 (3):
Tara_Polar_Station
Geographic location
sometimes known as the Arctic pole, is located on the Arctic Ocean pack ice at a distance farthest from any landmass. The original position was wrongly
Pole_of_inaccessibility
Topics referred to by the same term
Floating ice may refer to: Drift ice, floating sea ice Floating Ice, a 2012 album by Michael Bisio Iceberg This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Floating_ice
8th–11th century expansion by Norsemen
winter at Barðaströnd. It was a cold winter, and when he spotted some drift ice in the fjords he gave the island its current name, Ísland (Iceland). Iceland
Viking_expansion
Unlike the drifting ice stations set up in the Arctic, the current research stations of the Antarctic are constructed either on rocks or on ice that are
Research stations in Antarctica
Research_stations_in_Antarctica
Territory of Antarctica in Queen Maud Land, first explored by Nazi Germany in 1938/39
New Swabia is divided into an ice-covered northern foreland, which gradually rises from the coast and the edge of the ice shelf to over 1,000 m (Ritscher
New_Swabia
Topics referred to by the same term
opera by Behzad Abdi Hafiz (horse), French Thoroughbred racehorse Hafís (drift ice), work for choir and orchestra by Jón Leifs Al-Hafez, Salafi Islamist
Hafiz
Arctic expedition, 1825–1827
modern ice hockey. In a separate entry, Franklin noted that "skating" was among the winter "amusements" enjoyed by his men. Whether or not the use of ice skates
Mackenzie_River_expedition
Russia and the Arctic
Russia conducts extensive research in the Arctic region, notably the drifting ice stations and the Arktika 2007 expedition, which was the first to reach
Arctic_policy_of_Russia
Russian research institute
of high-latitude aerial expeditions, which transported 34(?) crewed drifting ice stations Severniy Polyus ("Северный полюс", or North Pole) to Central
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Arctic_and_Antarctic_Research_Institute
British overland Arctic survey expedition, 1819–1822
was almost completely unmapped; and it was not known whether a navigable, ice-free passage existed. By 1819 the northern coast had been glimpsed only twice
Coppermine_expedition
Form of communication
scientific expedition dropped a message bottle through a hole in the drift ice at the approximate North Pole. The bottle was found in 1972 in northeast
Message_in_a_bottle
1845–48 British failed Arctic exploration
and later controversies. McClure's expedition returned after finding an ice-bound route that connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The Northwest
Franklin's_lost_expedition
2016 film score by John Debney
Collision Course, the fifth instalment in the Ice Age franchise and the sequel to Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). The film score is composed by John Debney
Ice Age: Collision Course (soundtrack)
Ice_Age:_Collision_Course_(soundtrack)
Former Soviet rocket launch site on Heiss Island, Franz Josef Land
Arctic explorer Ernst Krenkel, a member of the crew of the North Pole-1 drift ice station and other notable Soviet polar expeditions. It is the northernmost
Ernst_Krenkel_Observatory
2016 Blue Sky Studios film
Sky Studios. It is the fifth installment in the Ice Age film series, following Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). In the film, when Scrat is propelled into
Ice_Age:_Collision_Course
Private Russian annual North Pole base established since 2002
northerly winds caused the Ice Camp to drift towards the southeast at a speed of 0.8 kilometres per hour (0.5 mph). The ice camp works under the patronage
Barneo
Abandoned Middle Age Norse settlements
Gunnbjörn Ulfsson was on a voyage from Norway to Iceland and his ship drifted towards a western coast, probably in the area of today's Cape Farewell
Norse settlements in Greenland
Norse_settlements_in_Greenland
Large formation of floating ice
close to coastlines, where they can become frozen into pack ice (one form of sea ice), or drift into shallow waters, where they can come into contact with
Iceberg
US Navy operation to establish an Antarctic research base
operations, HIGHJUMP's mission was to establish Little America IV on the Ross Ice Shelf and to validate, under Antarctic conditions, the full logistics chain
Operation_Highjump
British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
blocks of ice and melted them on board the ships, producing good quality fresh water, proving that drinking water could be obtained from sea ice. On 17 January
James_Cook
New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
left a cross given to him by John Hunt. Their descent was complicated by drifting snow that had covered their tracks. The first person they met was Lowe;
Edmund_Hillary
Hecla-class bomb vessel best known for Antarctic and Arctic exploration
ship and Mount Terror after the other. The crew then discovered the Ross Ice Shelf, which they were unable to penetrate, and followed it eastward until
HMS_Erebus_(1826)
2009 American animated film
of 2009. It was followed by two further sequels, Ice Age: Continental Drift in July 13, 2012 and Ice Age: Collision Course in July 22, 2016. Twenty-two
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice_Age:_Dawn_of_the_Dinosaurs
Sea route north of North America
However, some thick sections of ice will remain hard to melt in the shorter term. Drifting and persistence of large chunks of ice, especially in springtime
Northwest_Passage
Robert Peary's final expedition to the North Pole
North Pole at all. The first attempts to reach the North Pole across the drift ice date to the early 19th century. An attempt using man-hauled sledges was
Peary's Expedition (1908–1909)
Peary's_Expedition_(1908–1909)
Waterway in Vienna
entrance to the canal. It was designed to protect the canal from floods and drift ice, and entered service in 1873. The Nußdorf weir and lock complex were constructed
Donaukanal
Norwegian island in Antarctica
under the Russian flag. He named the island after Tsar Peter I of Russia. Drift ice made it impossible for Bellinghausen to come nearer than 25 kilometers
Peter_I_Island
Civil disturbance in Alvarado, Texas, US
disturbance and shooting occurred at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, United States, during a
2025 Prairieland ICE detention center incident
2025_Prairieland_ICE_detention_center_incident
Norse explorer
Eventually, Erik reached a part of the coast that, for the most part, seemed ice-free and consequently had conditions—similar to those of Iceland—that promised
Erik_the_Red
Linear accumulation of ice blocks resulting from the convergence between floes
that result from the interaction between fast ice and the drifting pack ice. Similar to undeformed ice, pressure ridges can be first-, second-, and multiyear
Pressure_ridge_(ice)
Island of the Franz Josef Archipelago, Russia
first drift ice station, North Pole-1. Rudolf Island is almost completely glaciated. It is located very close to the limit of permanent Polar ice. Its
Rudolf_Island
American aviator (1897–1929)
Eielson explored the drift ice north of Alaska. They touched down in Eielson's airplane in the first land-plane descent onto drift ice. In April 1928, Eielson
Carl_Ben_Eielson
Island of Hokkaido, Japan
island was underwater. This has been ascribed to erosion by wind and by drift ice, which forms in the sea during winters. The disappearance of the island
Esanbe_Hanakita_Kojima
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up ice pack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polar ice pack may refer to: Arctic ice pack Antarctic sea ice Drift ice This disambiguation page
Polar_ice_pack
1944 Soviet railway bridge
barge towards the eastern causeway and destroyed it. In February 1945 drift ice, propelled by a northeastern wind from the Sea of Azov towards the incomplete
Kerch_railway_bridge
British warship and polar exploration ship
peninsula. Terror was trapped by ice near Southampton Island, and did not reach Repulse Bay. At one point, the ice forced her 12 m (39 ft) up the face
HMS_Terror_(1813)
Annual event celebrated on February 27
International to raise awareness about the impact of global warming and reduced sea ice on polar bear populations. It also focuses on the need to protect polar bear
International_Polar_Bear_Day
Russian expedition involving a crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole
video of the dives. The "North Pole-35" (abbreviated as "NP-35") manned drifting ice station was established. On January 10, 2008, three expedition members
Arktika_2007
Physical and chemical properties of pure water
resistance to melting on the ice of glaciers and drift ice. Before and since the advent of mechanical refrigeration, ice was and still is in common use
Properties_of_water
Earliest phase of European settlement in the Americas
Icelandic annals record that, in 1347, a ship arrived from Greenland that had drifted off course while sailing to Markland for wood. An Icelandic description
Norse settlement of North America
Norse_settlement_of_North_America
DRIFT ICE
DRIFT ICE
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þórr, ÞÓR means "thunder."Â
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þorgeirr, ÞORGEIR means "Þórr's spear."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of German Wolfgang, ÚLFGANGUR means "wolf path."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þorbiorn, ÞORBJÖRN means "Þórr's bear."
Male
Icelandic
Short form of Icelandic Valbergur, VALBERG means "salvation of the slain in battle."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of German Wolfram, ÚLFHRAFN means "wolf-raven."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Ulfr, ÚLFUR means "wolf."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic short form of Nordic names beginning with Vig-, from vigg, VIGGÓ means "lightning."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þórlákr, ÞORLÃKUR means "Þórr's contender."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Vermundr, VERMUNDUR means "protector of man."Â
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þormóðr, ÞORMÓÃUR means "Þórr's mind."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Tryggr, TRYGGVI means "trustworthy."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Wigheard, VÃGHARÃUR means "hardy warrior."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þorbergr, ÞORBERGUR means "Þórr's protection."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þorsteinn, ÞÓRSTEINN means "Þórr's stone."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Þorvaldr, ÞORVALDUR means "Þórr's ruler."Â
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse VÃðarr, VIÃAR means "forest warrior."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Vilhjalmr, VILHJÃLMUR means "will-helmet."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic masculine form of Old High German Walburg, VALBERGUR means "salvation of the slain in battle."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : most probably a habitational name, either from a variant spelling of Wortley, or alternatively from places in Essex and Somerset called Warley, named in Old English with wær, wer ‘weir’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’, or from Warley in the West Midlands, which is named with Old English weorf ‘draft oxen’ + lēah.
DRIFT ICE
DRIFT ICE
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English
English pet form of Roman Latin Marina, MARNI means "of the sea."
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
God's Nectar
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Unity; Friendship; Harmony
Girl/Female
Hindu
Happiness, A wife of Krishna
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Wise
Boy/Male
Muslim
Correct, Accurate
Girl/Female
Tamil
Veda Sri | வேதா à®·à¯à®°à¯€, வேதா à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â
Knowledge or wisdom
Girl/Female
Tamil
Multitude, Flower
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Aspirant; Beautiful; Name of Goddess Lakshmi
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
New Divine
DRIFT ICE
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a.
That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.
n.
A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
n.
Tendency; drift.
imp. & p. p.
of Drift
v. i.
to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
a.
Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.
v. i.
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
v. t.
To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
v. t.
To transfer by draft.
n.
A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Drift
v. t.
To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.
n.
A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.
a.
A working drift or level.
v. t.
To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
a.
Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.
n.
See Draft.
v. t.
To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.
n.
Same as Drift, 11.
v. i.
To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.