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   adrift

   /əˈdrɪft/

   adverb

   • 1. so as to float without being either moored or steered: "a cargo ship went adrift" Similar driftingunmooredunanchored
   • ▪ so as to be without purpose, direction, or guidance: "she found herself cast adrift in a land full of strangers" Similar lostoff courseoff trackoff the right trackhaving lost one's bearingsdisorientateddisorientedconfusedbewildered(all) at seaunsettleddriftingrootlessdirectionlessaimlesspurposelesswithout purposewithout goalat a loose end
   • ▪ so as to be no longer fixed in position: "one of my fillings has come adrift"

   adjective

   • 1. floating without being either moored or steered: "the seamen are adrift in lifeboats" Similar driftingunmooredunanchored
   • ▪ without purpose, direction, or guidance: "the film industry was adrift in a sea of debt" Similar lostoff courseoff trackoff the right trackhaving lost one's bearingsdisorientateddisorientedconfusedbewildered(all) at seaunsettleddriftingrootlessdirectionlessaimlesspurposelesswithout purposewithout goalat a loose end
   • 2. failing to reach a target or winning position: informal British "they were only a point adrift at the break"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from a-2 ‘on, in’ + drift.

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   What does it mean if a boat is adrift?

   • If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone. They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy. 3 meanings: 1. floating without steering or mooring; drifting 2. without purpose; aimless 3. informal off course or amiss.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does it mean if a raft is adrift?

   • 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.

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   What is the meaning of adrift in a dinghy?

   • 1. 2. 1. 2. 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.

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   What does cast adrift mean?

   • (of a person) feeling alone and without a direction or an aim in life Without language, human beings are cast adrift. She felt cast adrift in a vulgar, materialistic society. no longer attached or fixed in the right position I nearly suffocated when the pipe on my breathing apparatus came adrift.

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   What if farmers go adrift?

   • The idea is that if they go adrift, the attention of the nursing home or the people caring for them will be directed to them. We must not cut farmers adrift and leave them in a sea of market distortion. I have never known him go adrift on it before. Very often the injured man is cut adrift from his fellow men in the ordinary walks of life.

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