drifty
8.8
Likely to become covered by wind-blown snow or sand
- adjective
- /ˈdrɪfti/
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cubierto de nieve
- Farmers avoided the drifty fields where sand piled up after every strong wind.
Examples
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After the blizzard, the parking lot was so drifty that cars were buried under snow.
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The mountain road became dangerously drifty after hours of heavy snowfall.
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The drifty snow made it hard to see the road.
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On drifty days, the beach gets covered in sand quickly.
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After the storm, the drifty snow created beautiful patterns along the path.
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The beach was covered in drifty sand that swept across the shore.
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They struggled to navigate through the drifty air filled with swirling snowflakes.
How Drifty
Surface Forms
drifty positive
Morphology
Etymology
Drifty comes from the word drift, which means piles of snow or sand moved by the wind, as in snowdrift. So a 'drifty' road or field is one that easily becomes covered by these wind-made piles.