Definition of be adrift Be adrift
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| be adrift - be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore" | ||
| float, drift, blow | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| waft be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room" | ||
| tide be carried with the tide | ||
| drift be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; "snow drifting several feet high"; "sand drifting like snow" | ||
| stream exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood" | ||
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