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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           So on the sea shall be set adrift.       --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Were from their daily labor turned adrift.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.       --Dryden.
  
           Were from their daily labor turned adrift.
                                                    --Wordsworth.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  adrift
       adj 1: aimlessly drifting [syn: adrift(p), afloat(p), aimless,
               directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected]
       2: afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm
          the boats were adrift" [syn: adrift(p), drifting(a)]
       adv : off course; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow
             gone adrift"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adrift
     a.
     1 float at random.
     2 (lb en of a seaman) absent from his watch.
     3 (lb en chiefly UK often with ''of'') Behind one's opponents, or
  below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
     adv.
     In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  adrift
     a.
     1 float at random.
     2 (lb en of a seaman) absent from his watch.
     3 (lb en chiefly UK often with ''of'') Behind one's opponents, or
  below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
     adv.
     In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  adrift
     a.
     1 float at random.
     2 (lb en of a seaman) absent from his watch.
     3 (lb en chiefly UK often with ''of'') Behind one's opponents, or
  below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
     adv.
     In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  adrift
     a.
     1 float at random.
     2 (lb en of a seaman) absent from his watch.
     3 (lb en chiefly UK often with ''of'') Behind one's opponents, or
  below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
     adv.
     In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adrift
     Englanti adv.
     tuuliajolla

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adrift
     Engelska adv.
     1 på drift (till havs); på glid; utan fäste/kontroll
     2 utan mål

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Adrift /ɐdɹˈɪft/
  على غير هدي