A collection of various items gathered together, often used for food or songs. The image is of things blown together by the wind.
I bought a bento box with an assortment of autumn flavors.
This album is a medley of hit songs.
A snowdrift had formed in front of the entrance.
The wind created a sand drift.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant without okurigana.
Mixed kana-kanji variant.
Mixed kanji-kana variant.
Compound of 吹き (fuki, continuative form of 吹く 'to blow') + 寄せ (yose, continuative form of 寄せる 'to gather'). Literally 'blow-gather', referring to things brought together by the wind.