adrift
Pronunciation
  • enPR: ə-drĭft', IPA: /əˈdɹɪft/
Adjective

adrift

  1. Floating at random.
    • So on the sea shall be set adrift.
  2. (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
  3. (chiefly, UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
    The team were six points adrift of their rivals.
Translations Adverb

adrift

  1. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
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