force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration"

aeroplane, airplane, plane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight

leeway - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

natural action, natural process, activity, action - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity"

melioration - the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning

linguistic process - a process involved in human language

matter, substance - that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"

drumlin - a mound of glacial drift

snowdrift - a mass of snow heaped up by the wind

inclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"

evolutionary trend - a general direction of evolutionary change

gravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"

tenor, strain - pervading note of an utterance; "I could follow the general tenor of his argument"

mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

float - move lightly, as if suspended; "The dancer floated across the stage"

waft - be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room"

tide - be carried with the tide

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

stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

rove, stray, roam, vagabond, wander, swan, ramble, range, drift, tramp, cast, roll - 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"

go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"

maunder - wander aimlessly

gad, gallivant, jazz around - wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

drift, err, stray - 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"

wander - go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner, we wandered into town"

drift - be subject to fluctuation; "The stock market drifted upward"

vary - be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"

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

subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

circulate - move around freely; "She circulates among royalty"

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

float - set afloat; "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

be adrift, drift, float, blow - 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"

pasture, graze, crop - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

drift - vary or move from a fixed point or course; "stock prices are drifting higher"

amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up, accumulate, gather - collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"