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- Dictionaryadrift/əˈdrɪft/
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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(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)
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.
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.
Adrift definition: floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored. See examples of ADRIFT used in a sentence.
1. floating without steering or mooring; drifting. 2. without purpose; aimless.
Define adrift. adrift synonyms, adrift pronunciation, adrift translation, English dictionary definition of adrift. adv. & adj. 1. Drifting or floating freely; not anchored. 2. Without direction or purpose: "The report is about people in their twenties and how alienated...
Definition of adrift adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
