Definitions for drifting

(aimless wandering from place to place)

(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")

(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")

(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")

(vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher")

(live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school")

(move in an unhurried fashion; "The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests")

(cause to be carried by a current; "drift the boats downstream")

(drive slowly and far afield for grazing; "drift the cattle herds westwards")

(be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward")

(be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow")

(continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties")