adrift

[a·drift]

If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream.

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Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

Adverb
off course; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"


adv. & a.
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.


Adrift

A*drift" , adv. & a. [Pref. a- (for on) + drift.] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
So on the sea shall be set adrift.
Were from their daily labor turned adrift.

Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

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Usage Examples

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it?

Misspelled Form

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