Meaning

1 senses

  1. To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.

    They like to go thrifting on weekends.

    I thrifted these vintage coffee mugs.

Origin

From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, pro

From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.

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Forms

thrifts, thrifting, thrifted, thrifted

regular · Lesson

Base formthrift · to thrift
3rd person singularthrifts
Present participlethrifting
Past simplethrifted
Past participlethrifted

Tenses

thrift · thrifted · will thrift · have thrifted

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythrift
he, she, itthrifts

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thrifted
he, she, ithas thrifted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thrift

Past simpleLesson

all personsthrifted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
threesomethreshthresholdthricethriftythrillB2thrillerB1

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