English Explanatory Dictionary

overdrift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having gearing that turns the millstone by means of a pole that rises above it.
verb
  1. To drift on top of.
  2. To drift too far.
noun
  1. An act of overdrifting.
  2. Material that has drifted over something.

Word forms

overdrift overdrifts overdrifting overdrifted

Etymology

From over- + drift.

Related words

underdrift
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