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drifteth

drifteth is the third-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.

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Origin of drifteth

drift + -eth

Questions about drifteth

What is drifteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drifteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drift.

Words near drifteth in the dictionary

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

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