DRIFT - Translation from English into Polish

I. drift [drɪft] VB intr

1. drift (be carried by water):

drift: dryfować

2. drift (be carried by air):

drift: unosić [perf unieść] się

3. drift (move aimlessly):

drift: włóczyć się

to drift from one subject to another: przechodzić z tematu na temat

4. drift snow:

drift: zacinać

drifted snow: zaspa f

Phrases:

to let things drift: pozostawić sprawy własnemu biegowi

II. drift [drɪft] N

1. drift (snow):

drift: zaspa f

2. drift (free movement):

drift: dryf m

3. drift (movement):

drift from the countryside to the cities: napływ m ludności ze wsi do miast

4. drift (tendency):

drift: tendencja f

5. drift (gist):

drift: sens m

to catch [or get] sb's drift: rozumieć [perf z-] , o co komuś chodzi

OpenDict entry

drift N

side drift MIN: sztolnia f

potential drift: dryf potencjału (elektrody) m

drift apart VB intr

drift apart friends: tracić [perf s-] ze sobą kontakt

drift apart couple: oddalać [perf oddalić] się od siebie

drift off VB intr

drift off: zasypiać [perf zasnąć]

Present
I	drift
you	drift
he/she/it	drifts
we	drift
you	drift
they	drift

Past
I	drifted
you	drifted
he/she/it	drifted
we	drifted
you	drifted
they	drifted

Present Perfect
I	have	drifted
you	have	drifted
he/she/it	has	drifted
we	have	drifted
you	have	drifted
they	have	drifted

Past Perfect
I	had	drifted
you	had	drifted
he/she/it	had	drifted
we	had	drifted
you	had	drifted
they	had	drifted

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to let things drift: pozostawić sprawy własnemu biegowi

to drift apart: oddalać [perf oddalić] się od siebie

to catch [or get] sb's drift: rozumieć [perf z-] , o co komuś chodzi

to drift from one subject to another: przechodzić z tematu na temat

drift from the countryside to the cities: napływ m ludności ze wsi do miast

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

If an astronaut would drift off, it provides free-flying mobility to return to the spaceship.

en.wikipedia.org

Some players drift off quietly because that's their nature.

www.espn.com.au

Your eyelids are drooping... the warm, cosy house is preparing itself to drift off, unanchored, into the night... the realm of once upon a time.

en.wikipedia.org

The star fizzles into an inert cinder, and its atoms drift off, seemingly lost in the interstellar gloom.

discovermagazine.com

They will tend to drift off into their own thoughts, if you have a less expressive face when talking.

www.washingtontimes.com

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