DRIFT
What does "DRIFT" mean?
To be carried slowly by a current of water or air.
Meanings
- To be moved gradually and passively by a current or force. The boat drifted out to sea while they slept.
- To move or change gradually without purpose or control. Over the years the old friends drifted apart. figurative
- A mass of snow, sand, or leaves heaped up by wind. A snowdrift blocked the front door overnight.
- The general meaning or tendency of something said. I didn't catch every word, but I got his drift. informal
Did you know?
- Alfred Wegener proposed continental drift in 1912, arguing the continents float and wander - an idea ridiculed for decades before plate tectonics proved him right.
Word origin
From Middle English 'drift' (a driving, a herd), from Old Norse 'drift', related to 'drive' - literally 'that which is driven'.
Remember it
DRIFT is what gets DRIVEN by something else - wind, water, current - and shares its root with 'drive'.
A little poem
No oar, and no shore-
the leaf trusts the brown river
to know where it goes.
haiku
Wordplay
- I started talking about ocean currents and lost everyone. I guess they didn't catch my drift.
What it teaches
Drift feels like rest but it isn't: the current decides your destination if you don't.
Quick facts
What does DRIFT mean?
To be carried slowly by a current of water or air.
Is DRIFT a valid word?
Yes — DRIFT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DRIFT?
DRIFT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DRIFT come from?
From Middle English 'drift' (a driving, a herd), from Old Norse 'drift', related to 'drive' - literally 'that which is driven'.
What can DRIFT teach us?
Drift feels like rest but it isn't: the current decides your destination if you don't.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.