adrift
In a drifting conditionIn a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
» We were adrift miles from shore.
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1 sensesIn a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
abtreiben
по течениюpo tečeniju, дрейфdrejf
- off course, wandering aimlessly
- floating freely; not anchored
Examples
11 sentencesWe were adrift miles from shore.
The mast broke and our ship went adrift.
Щогла зламалась, і наш корабель почав дрейфувати. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruМачта сломалась, и наше судно легло в дрейф. — Hellerick
deDer Mast brach ab, und unser Schiff ließ sich treiben. — Dejo
Sami survived 6 days adrift on the open ocean.
The baby was set adrift on a grass raft.
When we awoke, we were adrift on the open sea.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From a- + drift.From a- + drift.
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Forms
more adrift, most adrift| Comparative | more adrift Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most adrift |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.