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Synonyms for drifted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : drift
Phonetic Transcription : drɪft

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Définition of drifted

Origin :
  • c.1300, literally "a being driven" (of snow, etc.); not recorded in Old English; either a suffixed form of drive (v.) (cf. thrift/thrive) or borrowed from Old Norse drift "snow drift," or Middle Dutch drift "pasturage, drove, flock," both from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (cf. Danish and Swedish drift, German Trift), from PIE root *dhreibh- "to drive, push" (see drive (v.)). Sense of "what one is getting at" is from 1520s. Meaning "controlled slide of a sports car" attested by 1955.
  • verb move aimlessly
Example sentences :
  • But now the picture that drifted through his mind was still more horrible.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But it was not to be drifted up with the sand of forgetfulness!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • From desiring the farm, insensibly Crane drifted into coveting the mare.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Every one else seemed to have drifted into an adjoining room.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • The craft made but two raps on the bar, when she drifted clear.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • He drifted slowly on until the town and the bluffs sank in the darkness.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • I am such a waif and stray everywhere, that I am liable to be drifted where any current may set.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • When within a few rods of each other we ceased paddling, and drifted by with the momentum.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • It was a filthy place and snow had drifted in through the openings in the roof and side.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • By instinct, I suppose, I drifted towards my ante bellum quarters.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

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