drifting
adjective
[ ˈdrɪftɪŋ ]
• carried slowly by a current of air or water.
• "a drifting ocean liner"
• (especially of snow or leaves) blown into heaps by the wind.
• "long stretches of drifting snow"
drift
verb
• be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
• "the cabin cruiser started to drift downstream"
Similar:
be carried,
be carried (away/along),
be borne,
be wafted,
float,
bob,
move slowly,
go with the current,
coast,
meander,
• (especially of snow or leaves) be blown into heaps by the wind.
• "fallen leaves were starting to drift in the gutters"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘mass of snow, leaves, etc.’): originally from Old Norse drift ‘snowdrift, something driven’; in later use from Middle Dutch drift ‘course, current’, and (in drift (sense 6 of the noun)) South African Dutch drift ‘ford’; related to drive.
