Definition of adrift Adrift
/ʌdɹɪˈft/ - [udrift] - a•drift
We found 15 definitions of adrift from 9 different sources.
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What does adrift mean?
WordNet
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| adrift - aimlessly drifting | ||
| afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected | ||
| purposeless not evidencing any purpose or goal | ||
| adrift - afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift" | ||
Adverb |
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| adrift - off course, wandering aimlessly; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift" | ||
| adrift - floating freely; not anchored; "the boat wasset adrift" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adrift (adv. & a.)
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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adrift
Without direction or purpose.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adrift
a-drift′, adj. or adv. floating as driven (by the wind): moving at random. [Prep. a, and Drift.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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adrift
(from a and drift, Sax.) the state of a ship or vessel broke loose from her moorings, and driven without controul at the mercy of the wind, seas, or current, or all of them together.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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adrift
Floating at random; the state of a boat or vessel broken from her moorings, and driven to and fro without control by the winds and waves. Cast loose; cut adrift.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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adrift
Loose, turned adrift, discharged. SEA PHRASE.
