drift
noun
/dɹɪft/
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- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
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ajautuma
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- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
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ajautuminen,
ajelehtiminen
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- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
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ajautuminen,
ajelehtiminen,
taipumus
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ajautuminen,
ryömintä,
vaeltelu
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- Anything driven at random.
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ajautuva,
ajelehtiva
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- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
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ajautuva,
ajelehtiva,
ajo-
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- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
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ajopuu
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- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
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avennin,
merasin,
tamppi,
tuurna,
ulospakotin
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- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
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etenemä
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- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
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kasa,
kasaantuma,
kasautuma
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- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
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kupu
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- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
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lauma
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- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
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moreeni
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- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
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perä,
tunneli
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- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
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plokien etäisyys,
pylpyröiden etäisyys,
väkipyörien etäisyys
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- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
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plokien etäisyys,
pylpyröiden etäisyys,
väkipyörien etäisyys,
välys
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- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
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poikkeama
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- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
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sorto,
sortuma
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- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
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sortokulma
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- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
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survin
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- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
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suunta
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- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
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vaakapaine,
vaakavoima
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drift
verb
/dɹɪft/
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- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
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ajautua,
ajelehtia
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- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
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ajaa luisussa,
driftata
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- (mining, US) 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.
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ajaa perä
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- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
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ajautua
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- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
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aventaa
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- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
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harhailla,
hortoilla,
kuljeskella
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- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
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kinostaa,
kinostua,
nietostaa,
nietostua
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- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
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kuljettaa
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drifting
adjective
/ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/
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- Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
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ajelehtiva
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