EGAVE

adrift

About 0.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In or into a drifting condition; moved (especially on water by waves and wind) without being propelled or steered.
  2. adverb Not in the expected or usual place or position; awry; also, not following the expected or usual course; astray, off course. In an unattached or unfastened condition; apart, loose, off. Chiefly followed by of: in a position or having a score behind that of another competitor or an opponent.
  3. adverb Not in the expected or usual place or position; awry; also, not following the expected or usual course; astray, off course.
  4. adverb In an unattached or unfastened condition; apart, loose, off.
  5. adverb Chiefly followed by of: in a position or having a score behind that of another competitor or an opponent.
  6. adjective Drifting (especially on water) without being propelled or steered.
  7. adjective Of a person or group of people: having no aim or direction; aimless, lost.
    The team were six points adrift of their rivals.
  8. adjective Of a person or group of people: having no aim or direction; aimless, lost.

Similar words

afloat drifting directionless aimless purposeless planless rudderless undirected drift driftwood

Often followed by

in from on and by upon to with at

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