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- Dictionarya·drift/əˈdrift/
adverb
- 1. so as to float without being either moored or steered: "a cargo ship went adrift" Similar
adjective
- 1. floating without being either moored or steered: "the seamen are adrift in lifeboats" Similar
- 2. failing to reach a target or winning position: informal British "they were only a point adrift at the break"
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1. : without motive power and without anchor or mooring. a boat adrift on the sea. 2. : without ties, guidance, or security. people morally adrift. 3. : free from restraint or support. Examples of adrift in a Sentence.
(of a boat) not fastened and moving with the sea and wind, or fig. not controlled and living without a clear purpose or direction: fig. Hopeful actors from small towns are often adrift in New York. (Definition of adrift from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream. If a ship goes adrift, it meanders off course, simply traveling with the water rather than on a charted course.
3 meanings: 1. floating without steering or mooring; drifting 2. without purpose; aimless 3. informal off course or amiss.... Click for more definitions.
Adrift definition: floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored. See examples of ADRIFT used in a sentence.
(of a boat) not fastened and moving with the sea and wind, or fig. not controlled and living without a clear purpose or direction: fig. Hopeful actors from small towns are often adrift in New York. (Definition of adrift from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of adrift adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ADRIFT definition: 1. If a boat is adrift, it floats around in the water and is not tied to anything: 2. to become…. Learn more.
There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word adrift. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
adjective. 1. drifting, afloat, cast off, unmoored, aweigh, unanchored They were spotted adrift in a dinghy. 2. aimless, goalless, directionless, purposeless She had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated.
