Crossword clues for drifted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drift \Drift\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drifting.]
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To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
We drifted o'er the harbor bar. -- Coleridge.
To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
(mining) to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: drift)
Usage examples of "drifted".
Then suddenly one day a boat drifted up to a landing near the house and two men came up from it to the door.
Just before daylight they pushed off and drifted down upon the silent ship.
Lots of cows over there, belongin' to nobody, stuff drifted up from the Spanish settlements to the south.
A bit of wind was blowing up and a few clouds had drifted over the stars.
Then we drifted west into the Abajo Mountains, sometimes called the Blues.
You just drifted in here out of nowhere, but that woman is running from something, and whatever it is or whoever it is will bundle you into her package.
It was such a pleasant day, the sun made leaf shadows on the ground around, and a few high, lazy clouds drifted in the sky.
They just drifted from place to place, living off the wild game and the plants.
As for this town, it was no place for me until my enemies had drifted, and being drifters, I knew they'd soon be gone.
The curtain stirred in the breeze, and I watched it lazily, then drifted off into a sound sleep.
We drifted together, there for a while, and got ourselves in a shootin' match down Laredo way.
He was a Gypsy pack peddler who drifted down the mountains now and again, but he sold mighty few knives.
The sounds slowly drifted away farther off down the hill, and then there was silence.
Occasional Mormons from the settlement at Pine came down looking for drifted cattle or stolen horses, and once in a while there were prospectors or outlaws.
Seems he'd left the horse-trading for mustanging, and then drifted west and found himself a ranch in the wildest kind of country.