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drifted off

drifted off is the simple past and past participle of drift off.

Meaning of drift off

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To fall asleep slowly.
    • He went to sleep, lying there under a wing of his plane, and presently Bland himself drifted off into dreams.1919, B. M. Bower, chapter 5, in The Thunder Bird
    Synonyms:
    nod off
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To lose concentration.
  3. (intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drift, off.

Questions about drifted off

What is drifted off the simple past and past participle of?
Drifted off is the simple past and past participle of drift off.

Words near drifted off in the dictionary

  1. driftbolt
  2. driftbolts
  3. drifted
  4. drifted along
  5. drifted apart
  6. drifted off
  7. drifter
  8. drifters
  9. driftest
  10. drifteth
  11. driftfish

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