5 letter words starting with dri

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  • DRIBS
  • DRICE
  • DRIED
  • DRIER
  • DRIES
  • DRIFT
  • DRILL
  • DRILY
  • DRINK
  • DRIPS
  • DRIPT
  • DRIVE

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Definition of drift

drift (noun)

  1. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
  2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
  3. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
  4. 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. The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
  6. (handiwork) A tool.
  7. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
  8. Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
  9. The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
  10. A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
  11. Movement.
  12. A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
  13. Slow, cumulative change.

drift (verb)

  1. To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
  2. To move haphazardly without any destination.
  3. To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
  4. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
  5. To drive into heaps.
  6. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
  7. 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.
  8. To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
  9. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).

Definition of drily

drily (adverb)

  1. In a dry manner

Definition of drink

drink (verb)

  1. To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
  2. (metonymic) To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).
  3. To consume alcoholic beverages.
  4. To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
  5. To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
  6. To smoke, as tobacco.

drink (noun)

  1. A beverage.
  2. Drinks in general; something to drink
  3. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
  4. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
  5. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
  6. Alcoholic beverages in general.
  7. (with the) Any body of water.

Definition of drips

drips (noun)

  1. A drop of a liquid.
  2. A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
  3. An apparatus that slowly releases a liquid, especially one that intravenously releases drugs into a patient's bloodstream.
  4. A limp, ineffectual, or uninteresting person.
  5. That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and has a section designed to throw off rainwater.