1. (

• drifting

) aimless wandering from place to place ;

1. (

• float ,
• drift ,
• be_adrift ,
• blow

) be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" ;

2. (

• stray ,
• err ,
• drift ,

) wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" ;

3. (

• roll ,
• wander ,
• swan ,
• stray ,
• tramp ,
• roam ,
• cast ,
• ramble ,
• rove ,
• range ,
• drift ,
• vagabond

) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" ;

4. (

• drift ,

) vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher" ;

5. (

• freewheel ,
• drift

) live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" ;

6. (

• drift ,

) move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" ;

7. (

• drift ,

) cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream" ;

8. (

• drift ,

) drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards" ;

9. (

• drift ,

) be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward" ;

10. (

• drift

) be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" ;

1. (

• aimless ,
• drifting ,
• floating ,
• vagabond ,
• vagrant

) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" ;