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According to WordNet, the verb "drift" has 10 sense(s).
201902783 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".
201925694 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".
201881180 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".