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drift

Pronunciation: /dreft/

“drift” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. operation, running (of a company, a service or a mashine)
  2. service (of public transport)
  3. drive, urge, desire
  4. drift (slow movement in the water or the air)
  5. drove (driven animals)

Etymology

From Old Norse drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz, cognate with Swedish drift, English drift, German Trift, Dutch drift. Derived form the verb *drībaną (“to drive”).

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