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a·drift A0099400 (ə-drĭft′)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).adrift (əˈdrɪft) adj, adv (postpositive) 1. (Nautical Terms) floating without steering or mooring; drifting2. without purpose; aimless3. informal off course or amiss: the project went adrift. a•drift (əˈdrɪft)
adj., adv. 1. floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored. 2. without aim, direction, or stability. [1615–25] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  adrift - aimlessly drifting afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirectedpurposeless - 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" |
adriftadjective1. drifting, afloat, cast off, unmoored, aweigh, unanchored They were spotted adrift in a dinghy.2. aimless, goalless, directionless, purposeless She had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated.3. free, separate, divided, loose, severed, loosened, disconnected, unconnected, disjoined Three panels had come adrift from the base of the vehicle.adverb1. wrong, astray, off course, amiss, off target, wide of the mark They are trying to place the blame for a policy that has gone adrift.Translationsadrift (əˈdrift) adjective, adverb drifting. adrift on the open sea. 漂浮的 漂浮的（地） adrift
cast adrift1. Literally, of a ship or sailors, to float on a body of water without control or anchorage. The team was cast adrift in the Atlantic for 17 days before a rescue party found them.2. To be let go, freed, or lost. Likened to a ship that drifts without an anchor or moorings to a dock. When I arrived in the country, I found myself cast adrift in a city I didn't know, among people whose language I couldn't speak. With my inheritance money, I was cast adrift to pursue whatever life I fancied.3. To leave someone to float on a body of water without control or anchorage. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "cast" and "adrift." That awful storm cast us adrift in the Atlantic for 17 days before a rescue party found us.4. To let someone go or cause them to be freed or lost; to no longer support someone. Likened to a ship that is left to drift without an anchor or moorings to a dock. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "cast" and "adrift." I think it's about time that we cast the extremists of the party adrift. Her parents cut her adrift after they found drugs in her room.See also: adrift, castbe cut adriftTo be detached or cut off from something. Likened to a boat having its mooring cut so that it drifts freely in the water. She was cut adrift after her parents found drugs in her room and kicked her out of the house.See also: adrift, cutcut adriftTo abandon or set free. Likened to a boat having its mooring cut so that it drifts freely in the water. I think it's about time that we cut adrift the extremists of the party.See also: adrift, cutcast looseLet go, freed, or lost. Likened to a ship that drifts without an anchor or moorings to a dock. When I arrived in the country, I found myself cast loose in a city I didn't know, among people whose language I couldn't speak. With my inheritance money, I was cast loose to pursue whatever life I fancied.See also: cast, loosecast looseAlso, cast adrift. Let go, freed, as in After Rob was suspended from boarding school, he was cast loose with nowhere to go, or Selling her home meant she was cast adrift with no financial ties or responsibilities. Originally a nautical term for releasing a vessel, this idiom was being used figuratively by the late 1500s. See also: cast, loosecut adriftSeparated or detached; freed. For example, The dissenters were cut adrift from the denomination. This expression alludes to cutting the rope of a floating vessel so that it drifts without direction or purpose. The figurative use of adrift dates from the late 1600s. See also: adrift, cutcast (or cut) someone adrift 1 leave someone in a boat or other craft which has nothing to secure or guide it. 2 abandon or isolate someone. 2 1998 Oldie The various dissenting movements…should be cut adrift and left to their own devices. See also: adrift, cast, someoneadrift
adrift floating without steering or mooring; drifting ADRIFT
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Synonyms for adriftadj driftingSynonyms- drifting
- afloat
- cast off
- unmoored
- aweigh
- unanchored
adj aimlessSynonyms- aimless
- goalless
- directionless
- purposeless
adj freeSynonyms- free
- separate
- divided
- loose
- severed
- loosened
- disconnected
- unconnected
- disjoined
adv wrongSynonyms- wrong
- astray
- off course
- amiss
- off target
- wide of the mark
Synonyms for adriftadj aimlessly driftingSynonyms- afloat
- aimless
- directionless
- planless
- rudderless
- undirected
Related Wordsadj afloat on the surface of a body of waterRelated Words |