Adrift - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |əˈdrɪft|  American pronunciation of the word adrift
Brit.  |əˈdrɪft|  British pronunciation of the word adrift

adverb

- floating freely; not anchored
the boat was set adrift
- off course, wandering aimlessly
there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift

adjective

- aimlessly drifting (syn: afloat, aimless, planless, rudderless)
- afloat on the surface of a body of water
after the storm the boats were adrift

Extra examples

His team a point adrift.

Several of the lifeboats were still afloat a month after being cast adrift.

Four decades later we're all blabbermouths, adrift on a sea of hyperbole, shouting to be heard.

Her hair was forever coming adrift from the pins she used to keep it in place.

The sailboat was adrift on the open sea

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