Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 8 compound words that contain drifts. The most common are listed below. Open drifts in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- snow driftsplural of snow drift: A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
- concept driftsplural of concept drift: The tendency of a statistical model to become less and less accurate over time in real-world conditions.
- drifts alongthird-person singular simple present indicative of drift along: To idle through life; to be generally aimless.
- drifts apartthird-person singular simple present indicative of drift apart: To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
- drifts offthird-person singular simple present indicative of drift off: To fall asleep slowly.
- genetic driftsplural of genetic drift: An overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population, due to random fluctuations in the frequencies of individual alleles of the genes.
- glacial driftsplural of glacial drift: An accumulation of glacial till that has been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs.
- mid-driftsplural of mid-drift: During the act of drifting.
- semantic driftsplural of semantic drift: A change in the meaning of a word over time.
- drifts of the forestplural of drift of the forest: The act of driving or herding cattle in a forest to a particular place in order to determine who they belong to and whether the owners have a right to common or pasture them in the forest, and whether any …
- spoon-driftsplural of spoon-drift: Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.
Compound words 8
- snowdriftsplural of snowdrift: A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
- exodriftsplural of exodrift: A tendency to exotropia
- downdriftsplural of downdrift: A lowering (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language.
- overdriftsplural of overdrift: Having gearing that turns the millstone by means of a pole that rises above it.
- raindriftsplural of raindrift: A sheet of rain blown by the wind.
- spindriftsplural of spindrift: Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.
- underdriftsplural of underdrift: Having the gearing that turns the millstone beneath the floor.
- spoondriftsplural of spoondrift: Sea spray (clouds of water droplets) blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea.