- Types Of Speech
- You can use drift as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Drift
- A 1 syllables noun and 5 letters with the letters d, f, i, r, and t, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter i. Drift starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, dr, dri, drif, and the ending characters are t, ft, ift, rift, ..
- Definition
- A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Drift is set as a grade one word that starts with d, ends with t, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is drift a scrabble word? A 9 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Drift in Pig Latin is said as "iftdray or iftdrway".
- Unigram
- d | r | i | f | t
- Bigram
- dr | ri | if | ft
- Trigram
- dri | rif | ift
- Quadrigram
- drif | rift
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein" - general meaning or tenor;
"caught the drift of the conversation" - a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book";
"a broad movement of the electorate to the right" - something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- Verb Examples
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current;
"snow drifting several feet high";
"sand drifting like snow" - be subject to fluctuation;
"The stock market drifted upward" - drive slowly and far afield for grazing;
"drift the cattle herds westwards" - cause to be carried by a current;
"drift the boats downstream" - move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
"The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds";
"the wandering Jew";
"The cattle roam across the prairie";
"the laborers drift from one town to the next";
"They ro - be in motion due to some air or water current;
"The leaves were blowing in the wind";
"the boat drifted on the lake";
"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea";
"the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" - move in an unhurried fashion;
"The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests" - wander from a direct course or at random;
"The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her";
"don't drift from the set course" - live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely;
"My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" - vary or move from a fixed point or course;
"stock prices are drifting higher"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aberrance | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| Aberrancy | a state or condition markedly different from the norm |
| Aberration | an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image |
| Abri | |
| Access | the act of approaching or entering "he gained access to the building" |
| Accrual | the act of accumulating |
| Accruement | the act of accumulating |
| Accumulate | collect or gather "Journals are accumulating in my office" "The work keeps piling up" |
| Accumulation | the act of accumulating |
| Acedia | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
View all cognitive synonyms for Drift
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drift | a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine "they dug a drift parallel with the vein" |
View English words with the unique letters used in drift. Words With The Letters Dfirt
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drive | the act of applying force to propel something "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off" |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drift (5 letters) | 9 | 9 | drift | ||
| Trifid (6 letters) | 10 +1 | 10 +1 | trifid | ||
| Adrift (6 letters) | 10 +1 | 10 +1 | adrift |
Drift Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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