DRIFTED

Definition: DRIFTED

DRIFTED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Drift

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "DRIFTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. A borehole, the course of which has deviated or departed from the intended direction or did not reach its intended target b. Inward-bulged casing that has been straightened by the use of a drift. See also:drift c. A horizontal underground passage parallel to or along a vein or relatedstructure. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Transference	Adjective: transferred; Verb: drifted, movable; portable, portative; mailable; contagious.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: DRIFTED

English words defined with "DRIFTED": be adrift, blow ♦ drift, drift apart, drift away, Driftweed ♦ float, freewheel ♦ Sand drift, shifting. (references)

Specialty definitions using "DRIFTED": lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector ♦ OPTICAL SCANNER ♦ Prospero. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I originally planned to go off to London to play a cool jazz tenor saxophone, but somehow I drifted. (Oliver's Travels; writing credit: Alan Plater) It was one of the Virgin Islands, but it drifted. (Let's Go Native; writing credit: Percy Heath; George Marion Jr.)
Lyrics	Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea, (Things We Do For Love; performing artist: 10 CC) Are you sorry we drifted apart? (Are You Lonesome Tonight?; performing artist: Elvis Presley)
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Domain	Title
Books	Drifted Astray: Returning the Church to Witness and Ministry (reference) Drifted in the Deeper Land: Talks on Relinquishing the Superficiality of Mortal Existence and Falling by Grace into the Divine Depth That Is Reality Itself (reference) Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Who Drifted on a Life Raft for Ten Days Without Food or Water (reference) The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Who Drifted on a Life Raft for Ten Days Without Food or Water, Was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Q (reference) (more book examples)
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	Emulsified oil in Point Judith Pond, RI. Oil becomes emulsified when it mixes with water and sediments. Point Judith Pond is a salt water inlet. During the spill oil drifted into many of the salt ponds and inlets. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Dory and crew caught to leeward in a storm while hauling the trawl Trawl-buoy and line drifted astern of the vessel for their rescue Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
	Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting USS Clifton playing a fire hose on the Confederate fire raft, as it drifted past Union ships on the lower Mississippi River on 17 April 1862. Credit: NAVY.		Whale carcass which drifted ashore near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Sidewalk in Syracuse, Kansas. The level on the ground on either side of the sidewalk was the same as that of the concrete sidewalk a year ago. The raise in elevation is due to dust and dirt which drifted in. Credit: Library of Congress.		A corral practically buried by drifted dust. Mills, New Mexico. Therefore, the fertile top soil of a grazing area cannot be utilized. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Stephen looked down and studied the tiled floor of the bar into which they had drifted.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The truck drifted to a stop where a dirt road opened at right angles to the highway.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Turkmenistan	Tribes of horse-breeding Turkmen drifted into the territory of Turkmenistan from ancient times, possibly from the Altay Mountains, and grazed along the outskirts of the Karakum Desert into Persia, Syria, and Anatolia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Larry Elder	Well, it's a book that says the founding fathers were people who believed that Americans should be trusted with their own money and their own freedom, and that we have drastically drifted away from that.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	But for too long, and in too many ways, that heritage was abandoned, and our country drifted.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"DRIFTED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 72.39% of the time. "DRIFTED" is used about 680 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	72.39%	492	12,185
Lexical Verb (past participle)	26.28%	179	23,133
Adjective (general or positive)	1.17%	8	124,375
Noun (proper)	0.15%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	680	N/A

Expressions using "DRIFTED": be drifted by wind ♦ lithium drifted germanium detector ♦ lithium drifted semiconductor detector. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "DRIFTED": lithium-drifted.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "DRIFTED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		漂移 (Drifting). (various references)

Danish		paa ladepladser manoevreres kulvognene ved hjaelp af mekaniske skubbe- og traekkeanordninger (at the landings, the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers), lithiumkompenseret halvlederdetektor (lithium drifted semiconductor detector), lithium-drift p-i-n straalingsdetektor (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), lithium-aktiveret germanium detektor (lithium drifted germanium detector). (various references)

Dutch		p i n diode stralingsdetector met lithiumdrift (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), op de laadplaatsen worden wel wagenduwers of wagentrekkers gebruikt om wagens te verplaatsen (at the landings, the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers), gelithiumde halfgeleiderdetector (lithium drifted semiconductor detector). (various references)

Finnish		litium-siirretty p-i-n säteilynilmaisin (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), litium-drift-puolijohdeilmaisin (lithium drifted semiconductor detector). (various references)

French		détecteur p-i-n de rayonnement au lithium diffusé (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), semicteur compensé au lithium (lithium drifted semiconductor detector), aux accrochages, les manoeuvres des berlines se font � l'aide d'encageurs et de ravanceurs (the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers), être poussé par le vent (be drifted by wind). (various references)

German		trieb dahin, getrieben (driven, gears, impelled). (various references)

Greek		φωρατής p-i-n ακτινοβολίας ολίσθησης λιθίου (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), εις τα σημεία φορτώσεως,οι ελιγμοί των βαγονίων επιτυγχάνονται τη βοηθεία μηχανισμών έλξεως και μηχανισμών εισαγωγής των εντός των κλωβών (the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers). (various references)

Italian		rivelatore semiconduttore compensato al litio (lithium drifted semiconductor detector), rivelatore p-i-n a deriva di litio (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), Rivelatore a litio-germanio (lithium drifted germanium detector), alle stazioni interne le manovre dei vagonetti si fanno mediante ingabbiatori e spaziatori o dosatori (at the landings, the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers). (various references)

Korean		편류하�". (various references)

Pig Latin		ifteddray

Portuguese		detector semicondutor compensado a lítio (lithium drifted semiconductor detector), detector de radiacao p-i-n por deriva de litio (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), detector de germânio dopado a lítio (lithium drifted germanium detector), nas receitas,as manobras das vagonetas são feitas com o auxilio de dispositivos enjauladores e de dispositivos elevadores-avançadores (at the landings, the tubs are drifted by means of decking rams and creepers). (various references)

Spanish		detector semiconductor compensado de litio (lithium drifted semiconductor detector), detector de radiación p-i-n por deriva de litio (lithium drifted p-i-n radiation detector), detector de germanio activado por litio (lithium drifted germanium detector). (various references)

Swedish		vandrade. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"DRIFTED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: draftex, drife, Drifte, drite, dritfed, Dritte. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "DRIFTED" (pronounced dri"ftud)
5	-i" f t u d	gifted, lifted, shifted, sifted.
4	-f t u d	airlifted, crafted, drafted, grafted, handcrafted, rafted, redrafted, shafted, tufted, uplifted, wafted.
3	-t u d	abated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, annotated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, awaited, backdated, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, created, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, dated, daunted, deactivated, debated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desecrated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, equated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, gated, generated, germinated, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, granted, grated, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpolated, interpreted, interrelated, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, negated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, overweighted, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, related, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stated, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unregulated, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unstated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-d-e-f-i-r-t"
	-1 letter: rifted.
	-2 letters: dried, drift, fetid, fired, fried, redid, refit, tided, tired, tried.
	-3 letters: defi, deft, died, diet, dire, dirt, dite, edit, fire, fret, frit, ired, redd, reft, reif, ride, rife, rift, rite, tide, tied, tier, tire, tref.
	-4 letters: did, die, dit, eft, fed, fer, fet, fid, fie, fir, fit, ire, red, ref, rei, ret.
	Words containing the letters "d-d-e-f-i-r-t"
	+3 letters: diffracted, hardfisted, redshifted.
	+4 letters: decertified, denitrified, devitrified, fluoridated, interfolded.
	+5 letters: defibrinated, discomforted, reidentified.
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