en drift

drift in a sentence

• ta i drift
  put into operation
• inställa driften
  stop production
• av egen drift
  of one's own accord
• boken är en hejdlös drift med byråkratin
  the book is a rollicking satire of bureaucracy
• komma på drift
  get adrift
• ungdomar på drift
  young people adrift in society
• snödrift
  snowdrift
• Båten var på drift
  The boat was adrift ("on drift")

Words built with drift

• driftskostnad operating costs
• driftsavbrott production stop
• driftsnedläggelse shutdown, discontinuation
• självbevarelsedrift instinct of self-preservation

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Origin

From Old Norse dript, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz.

Nearby common words

drift is number 5,283 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 5,279hopplös hopeless
• 5,280lyse light
• 5,281sjönk sank
• 5,282stående constant, standing
• 5,284förtrollning enchantment
• 5,285fläcka to stain (usually so as to make dirty), to tarnish
• 5,287rustning armament, armour
• 5,288galleri gallery, arcade