(n)drift, trend, movementa general tendency to change (as of opinion)“not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book”, “a broad movement of the electorate to the right”
(v)float, drift, be adrift, blowbe 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”
(v)stray, err, driftwander 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”
(v)roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabondmove 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”