Associations to the word «Adrift»
Noun
- Boat
- Shore
- Ymca
- Set
- Mooring
- Lifeboat
- Raft
- Rudder
- Perseus
- Relegation
- Bounty
- Mutiny
- Tow
- Wreckage
- Celeste
- Bliss
- Curt
- Mabel
- Cast
- Sea
- Argyle
- Safety
- Canoe
- Survivor
- Barge
- Float
- Lap
- Islet
- Bottom
- Midnight
- Em
- Callahan
- Crew
- Wolverhampton
- Nile
- Rigging
- Ferrari
- Colchester
- Ocean
- Nirvana
- Podium
- Sail
- Sloop
- Sailor
- Timor
- Yacht
- Emile
- Tide
- Sledge
- Atlantic
- Oar
- Crewman
- Vessel
- Longitude
- Ship
- Anchor
- Turn
- Seaman
- Compass
- Sunderland
- Lost
- Emptiness
- Steamer
- Ipswich
- Finishing
- Webber
- Wreck
- Charlton
- Loyalist
- Wanderer
- Constance
- Gale
Wiktionary
ADRIFT, adjective. Floating at random.
ADRIFT, adjective. (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
ADRIFT, adjective. (chiefly UK) (often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
ADRIFT, adverb. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
Dictionary definition
ADRIFT, adverb. Floating freely; not anchored; "the boat wasset adrift".
ADRIFT, adverb. Off course, wandering aimlessly; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift".
ADRIFT, adjective. Aimlessly drifting.
ADRIFT, adjective. Afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.