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driftest

driftest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of drift.

Meaning of drift

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.

See all 44 meanings of drift

Origin of driftest

drift + -est

Questions about driftest

What is driftest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Driftest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of drift.

Words near driftest in the dictionary

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

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