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bedrift

bedrift verb: to drift about; drift around.

Verb

bedrift (third-person singular simple present bedrifts, present participle bedrifting, simple past and past participle bedrifted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To drift about; drift around.
    • The disowned of all parties, the rejected and foolishly bedrifted hither and thither, to what corner of Nature can he now drift with advantage?1909, Thomas Carlyle, Hilaire Belloc, The French revolution: a history
    • Yet to him a new Madonna For the baby-boy who nestled On her bosom, all bedrifted With her yellow hair, [...]1918, Katharine Lee Bates, The retinue, and other poems

Forms of bedrift

third-person singular presentbedrifts
present participlebedrifting
past participlebedrifted
pastbedrifted

Origin of bedrift

From be- (“about, around”) + drift.

Questions about bedrift

What does bedrift mean?
Bedrift means to drift about; drift around.
What part of speech is bedrift?
Bedrift is a verb.
What is the past tense of bedrift?
The past tense of bedrift is bedrifted.

Words near bedrift in the dictionary

  1. bedribbling
  2. bedrid
  3. bedridden
  4. bedriddenness
  5. bedridding
  6. bedrift
  7. bedright
  8. bedrights
  9. bedrink
  10. bedrinking
  11. bedrinks

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