Coleman, who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for single-handedly halting an enemy column. Forty years ago, the Globe almost single-handedly became responsible for making the killing of babies legal by hammering on it month after month during the years prior to 1969. in 1963 and built it up, almost single-handedly, to the publishing powerhouse it is today.
Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  drift, impetus, impulsion(noun) a force that moves something along. 2  drift(noun) the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) 3  drift(noun) a process of linguistic change over a period of time.
Definition of drift for Students. 1  1 : the slow movement of something carried by wind or water. 2  2 : a pile of something that has been blown by the wind a drift of snow. 3  3 : a course something appears to be taking the drift of the conversation. 4  4 : the meaning of something said or implied I don't get your drift.