Drift
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ERR
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"

NET
A computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

4 letters

CAST
A violent throw

BLOW
A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"

GIST
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

WAFT
A long flag; often tapering

TIDE
Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"

ROVE
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"

ROAM
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"

ROLL
Walking with a swaying gait

SWAN
Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

5 letters

TRAMP
A disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

TREND
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

TENOR
A settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life; "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways"

FLOAT
An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

RANGE
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

SLIDE
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

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LEEWAY
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits

RAMBLE
An aimless amble on a winding course

WANDER
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

7 letters

DEVIATE
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

GALLERY
A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"

HEADING
A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

PURPORT
The intended meaning of a communication

IMPETUS
The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

MEANDER
An aimless amble on a winding course

MEANING
The idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

8 letters

MOVEMENT
A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata; "the second movement is slow and melodic"

VAGABOND
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

BEADRIFT
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"

TENDENCY
A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"

9 letters

IMPULSION
The act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

FREEWHEEL
A clutch (as on the rear wheel of a bicycle) that allows wheels to turn freely (as in coasting)

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IMPLICATION
A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"