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adrift

/@/'dr/I/ft/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adverb

  1. floating freely; not anchored

    adv.all

    Examples
    The boat wasset adrift.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. off course, wandering aimlessly

    adv.all

    Examples
    There was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

    adverb

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. aimlessly drifting

    adj.all

    Synonyms afloat aimless directionless planless rudderless undirected

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. afloat on the surface of a body of water

    adj.all

    Examples
    After the storm the boats were adrift.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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