Drift
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. A place, also known as a ford, along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit oxen or sheep to be driven to the opposite side. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. 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. That which is driven, forced, or urged along Anything driven at random. 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. A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. 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. In South Africa, a ford in a river. 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. A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles. A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel. The distance through which a current flows in a given time. The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. 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. The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. 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. A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler. Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach. The material left behind by the retreat of continental glaciers, which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys. A horizontal passage in a mine.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc. To move haphazardly without any destination. To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
Example sentence: I believe the most solemn duty of the American president is to protect the American people. If America shows uncertainty and weakness in this decade, the world will drift toward tragedy. This will not happen on my watch.
Roll
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surface.To wrap round on itself; to form into a spherical or cylindrical body by causing to turn over and over.To bind or involve by winding, as in a bandage; to inwrap; often with up.To drive or impel forward with an easy motion, as of rolling.To utter copiously, especially with sounding words; to utter with a deep sound; -- often with forth, or out.To press or level with a roller; to spread or form with a roll, roller, or rollers.To move, or cause to be moved, upon, or by means of, rollers or small wheels.To leave or begin a journey.To compete, especially with vigor.To beat with rapid, continuous strokes, as a drum; to sound a roll upon.To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping; to bring all the parts of (one line or surface) into successive contact with another, in such a manner that at every instant the parts that have been in contact are equal.To turn over in one's mind; to revolve.To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation.To throw dice.To roll dice such that they form a given pattern or total.To have a rolling aspectTo create a new character in a role-playing game.To generate a random number.To turn over and over.To tumble in gymnastics.when a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.To beat up.To cause to betray secrets of or testify against.To betray secrets.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of rolling, or state of being rolled.That which rolls; a rollerSpecifically, a heavy cylinder used to break clods.Specifically, one of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill; as, to pass rails through the rolls.That which is rolled up; as, a roll of fat, of wool, paper, cloth, etc.Specifically, a document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.Hence, an official or public document; a register; a record; also, a catalogue; a list.Specifically, a quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form; as, a roll of carpeting; a roll of ribbon.Specifically, A cylindrical twist of tobacco.A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself.The oscillating movement of a vessel from side to side, in sea way, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching.A heavy, reverberatory sound.The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.Part; office; duty; rôle.A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.the rotation angle about the longitudinal axisThe act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel rotates on its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down. Compare with pitch.
Example sentence: Rock and roll is not an instrument. Rock and roll isn't even a style of music. Rock and roll is a spirit that's been going since the blues, jazz, bebop, soul, R&B, heavy metal, punk rock and, yes, hip-hop.