Drifted - English meaning
Drifted – definitions in English dictionary
verbBe carried slowly by a current of air or water.
Usage examples:
The cabin cruiser started to drift downstreamverb(especially of snow or leaves) be blown into heaps by the wind.
Usage examples:
Fallen leaves were starting to drift in the gutters
nounA continuous slow movement from one place to another.
Usage examples:
There was a drift to the towns
nounThe general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks.
Usage examples:
Maybe i'm too close to the forest to see the trees, if you catch my drift
nounA large mass of snow, leaves, or other material piled up or carried along by the wind.
Usage examples:
Four sheep were dug out of the drift
nounA horizontal or inclined passage following a mineral vein or coal seam.
Usage examples:
The drift led to another smaller ore chamber
nounAn act of driving cattle or sheep.
Usage examples:
It was a cattle drift between the table valley settlement and the interior.
nounA ford.
Usage examples:
Namibia construction is building an 800 metre bridge which will elevate the road above the two drif…
verbPast simple and past participle of drift
Usage examples:
No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea., a mist drifted in from the marshes., a…
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Word origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘mass of snow, leaves, etc.’): originally from Old Norse drift ‘snowdrift, something driven’; in later use from Middle Dutch drift ‘course, current’, and (in drif
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