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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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"
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