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".
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