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downdrift

noun

Etymology

From down- + drift.

  1. derived from *dʰreybʰ-✻
  2. derived from *driftiz✻
  3. derived from *drift✻
  4. derived from drift
  5. prefixed as downdrift — “down + drift”

Definitions

  1. A lowering (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language.

  2. On the downward side of a drift.

    • A groyne promotes the build-up of sediment on its updrift side, and reduces erosion on the downdrift side.

The neighborhood

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