adrift(p)

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aimlessly drifting
afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"
adrift
Floating at random

So on the sea shall be set adrift. --Dryden.

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Absent from his watch
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In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves
adrift
{a} floating at random, at large
Adrift
off course; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"
Adrift
Floating at random; not fastened by and kind of mooring; at the mercy of winds and currents; loose from normal anchorage A vessel is said to be adrift when she breaks away from her moorings, warfs, and so on
Adrift
aimlessly drifting
Adrift
Floating at random under no power or steerage
Adrift
Afloat without effective means of propulsion or control
Adrift
afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"
Adrift
Unattached to shore or bottom, floating out of control
Adrift
1 lack of goal, 2 lack of spiritual direction,3 emotional self needs attention
Adrift
Floating free with the currents and tide, not under control
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If something comes adrift, it is no longer attached to an object that it should be part of. Three insulating panels had come adrift from the base of the vehicle. = loose
adrift
without direction, without purpose; (Nautical) drifting, not anchored (of a ship)
adrift
Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves
adrift
If someone is adrift, they feel alone with no clear idea of what they should do. Amy had the growing sense that she was adrift and isolated
adrift
off course; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift
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If a boat is adrift, it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or controlled by anyone. They were spotted after three hours adrift in a dinghy
adrift
Also fig
adrift
{s} aimless, without direction, without purpose; (Nautical) drifting, not anchored (of a ship); astray
cast adrift
To place a person in a ship's boat or raft and leave them
cast adrift
To abandon a ship at sea
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