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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 drill

drill (noun)

  1. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
  2. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
  3. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
  4. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
  5. A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.

drill (verb)

  1. To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
  2. To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
  3. To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
  4. To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
  5. To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
  6. To hit or kick with a lot of power.
  7. To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
  8. To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.

drill (noun)

  1. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
  2. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
  3. A row of seed sown in a furrow.

drill (verb)

  1. To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.

drill (noun)

  1. A small trickling stream; a rill.

drill (verb)

  1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.

drill (verb)

  1. To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
  2. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.

drill (noun)

  1. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.

drill (noun)

  1. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

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.