How do you use the word drift?

Answer 1

There are lots of meaning of the word 'drift'

In the motoring world, drift means sliding a car sideways with the handbrake.

In general, conversation use, you use it in this sort of way:

"He drifted off to sleep"

It's define general use meaning is: Drift: An adjective used to describe a change of action.

(There is a pretty small selection of sentences you can use this word, you don't really need to know much, it's hardly ever used in conversation generally, anyway.) AHH!!theres a drift

Answer 2

You can use the word "drift" to describe a gradual or slow movement or change in direction, such as a boat drifting on the water or a conversation drifting off-topic. It can also refer to a pile of snow or sand that has been blown by the wind into a mound.