drifted

Verb

drift (third-person singular simple present drifts, present participle drifting, simple past and past participle drifted)

1. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
   • The boat drifted away from the shore.
2. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
   • He drifted from town to town, never settling down.
3. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
   • This car tends to drift left at high speeds.
4. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
   • I was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua
5. (transitive) To drive into heaps.
   • A current of wind drifts snow or sand
6. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
   • Snow or sand drifts.

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