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drifts off

drifts off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 drifts off

What is drifts off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drifts off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drift off.

Words near drifts off in the dictionary

  1. driftpins
  2. drifts
  3. drifts along
  4. drifts apart
  5. drifts of the forest
  6. drifts off
  7. driftway
  8. driftways
  9. driftweed
  10. driftweeds
  11. driftwind

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