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.
Drift in The Last Knight. Drift in Age of Extinction. Drift is a Triple Changer Transformer character for Transformers: Age of Extinction. Drift is said to be a former Decepticon Samurai who seeks to regain his honor and atone for his crimes. He joins the Autobots after his experience in the war changed his way of thinking.