[
  {
    "word": "drift",
    "phonetic": "/d\u0279\u026aft/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u0279\u026aft/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/drift-au.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75899534",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/d\u0279\u026aft/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/drift-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1140039",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(handiwork) A tool.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Movement.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Slow, cumulative change.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "genetic drift"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The balloon was drifting in the breeze."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To move haphazardly without any destination.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He drifted from town to town, never settling down."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This car tends to drift left at high speeds."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To drive into heaps.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A current of wind drifts snow or sand"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Snow or sand drifts."
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/drift"
    ]
  }
]