adrift

a·drift  (-drft)

adv. & adj.

1. Drifting or floating freely; not anchored.

2. Without direction or purpose: "The report is about people in their twenties and how alienated and adrift they feel" Tom Shales.

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adrift

Adjective, adv

1. drifting

2. without a clear purpose

3. Informal off course, wrong: it was obvious that something had gone adrift

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	adrift - aimlessly drifting afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected purposeless - not evidencing any purpose or goal
	2.	adrift - afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift" afloat - borne on the water; floating
Adv.	1.	adrift - floating freely; not anchored; "the boat wasset adrift"
	2.	adrift - off course, wandering aimlessly; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"

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adrift

adjective 1. drifting, afloat, cast off, unmoored, aweigh, unanchored

adjective 2. aimless, goalless, directionless, purposeless

adverb 3. wrong, astray, off course, amiss, off target, wide of the mark

Translations

adrift [əˈdrɪft] adv → a la deriva;

to come adrift [boat] → ir a la deriva, soltarse; [wire, rope etc] → soltarse

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adrift [əˈdrɪft] adv → à la dérive;

to come adrift [boat] → aller à la dérive [+ wire, rope, fastening etc]; se défaire

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adrift [əˈdrɪft] adv (Naut) → treibend (fig); ziellos;

to be adrift (Naut) → treiben;

to come adrift (boat) → sich losmachen;

(fastening etc) → sich lösen

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adrift [əˈdrɪft] adv → alla deriva;

to come adrift [boat] → andare alla deriva; [wire, rope etc] → essersi staccato/a or sciolto/a