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- DictionaryA·drift/əˈdrift/
adverb
- 1. so as to float without being either moored or steered: "a cargo ship went adrift"
adjective
- 1. floating without being either moored or steered: "the seamen are adrift in lifeboats"
- 2. failing to reach a target or winning position: informal British "they were only a point adrift at the break"
1. : without motive power and without anchor or mooring. a boat adrift on the sea. 2. : without ties, guidance, or security. people morally adrift. 3. : free from restraint or support. Examples of adrift in a Sentence.
(of a boat) not fastened and moving with the sea and wind, or fig. not controlled and living without a clear purpose or direction: fig. Hopeful actors from small towns are often adrift in New York. (Definition of adrift from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If something's adrift, it's floating, not tied down or anchored. A raft that's adrift on a river will float downstream. If a ship goes adrift, it meanders off course, simply traveling with the water rather than on a charted course.
Adrift definition: floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored. See examples of ADRIFT used in a sentence.
(of a person) feeling alone and without a direction or an aim in life young people adrift in the big city. Idioms. cast/set somebody adrift. (usually passive) to leave someone to be carried away on a boat that is not being controlled by anyone (figurative) Without language, human beings are cast adrift.
6 days ago · If something comes adrift, it is no longer attached to an object that it should be part of. In sporting competitions, if a team or a player is adrift of their rivals, they are behind them, usually by a specified number of points or by a specified distance .
adrift (of somebody/something) (especially British English) (in sport) behind the score or position of your opponents. The team are now just six points adrift of the leaders.
