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adrift
[
uh
-
drift
]
Origin
a·drift
/
əˈdrɪft
/
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[
uh
-
drift
]
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adjective, adverb
1.
floating without
control
;
drifting
;
not anchored or moored:
The survivors were adrift in the rowboat for three days.
2.
lacking aim, direction, or stability.
Origin:
1615–25;
a-
1
+
drift
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adrift
(əˈdrɪft)
—
adj
, —
adv
1.
floating without steering or mooring; drifting
2.
without purpose; aimless
3.
informal
off course or amiss:
the project went adrift
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
adrift
1620s, from
a-
(1) "on" +
drift
(q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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