Drift
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Drift (1 Occurrence)

Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away. (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus
Drift (1 Occurrence)
... by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like. ... 27.
(vt) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift. 28. ...
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Heading (4 Occurrences)
... barrels, etc. 5. (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end
of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. 6. (n.) The ...
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Tenor (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The general tendency or drift that runs through a conversation or writing;
also the male voice between bass and alto; course; career. ...
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Person (807 Occurrences)
... Method of the Article I. THE TEACHING OF PAUL 1. Philippians 2:5-9 (1) General Drift
of Passage (2) our Lord's Intrinsic Deity (3) No Examination (4) our ...
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Level (31 Occurrences)
... a level; as, to take a level. 8. (n.) A horizontal passage, drift, or adit,
in a mine. 9. (a.) Even; flat; having no part higher ...
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Gallery (2 Occurrences)
... When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery. 6. (n.) A working
drift or level. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GALLERY. ...
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Wall (227 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An inclosing part of a receptacle or vessel; as, the walls of a
steam-engine cylinder. 5. (n.) The side of a level or drift. ...
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Intent (37 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose;
intention; meaning; drift; aim. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Fourth (87 Occurrences)
... the Babylonians. The drift of these visions is, How can a just and loving
God allow His own people to suffer so much? The problem ...
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Face (780 Occurrences)
... Scriptural phrases. 15. (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation,
at which work is progressing or was last done. 16. (n ...
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Greek
3901. pararreo -- to flow by, hence slip away
... hence slip away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pararreo Phonetic Spelling:
(par-ar-hroo-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am lost, perish, drift away Definition ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A driving; a violent movement.

2. (n.) The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

3. (n.) Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.

4. (n.) 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.

5. (n.) That which is driven, forced, or urged along

6. (n.) Anything driven at random.

7. (n.) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.

8. (n.) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.

9. (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

10. (n.) 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 agency of ice.

11. (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river.

12. (n.) 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.

13. (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.

14. (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

15. (n.) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.

16. (n.) The distance through which a current flows in a given time.

17. (n.) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.

18. (n.) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.

19. (n.) 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.

20. (n.) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.

21. (n.) 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.

22. (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.

23. (v. i.) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.

24. (v. i.) 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.

25. (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.

26. (v. t.) To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.

27. (v. t.) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.

28. (a.) That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud.

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