Local English word record

be adrift

verb · 1 sense

be in motion due to some air or water current

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Examples

  • The leaves were blowing in the wind
  • the boat drifted on the lake
  • The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
  • the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore

Word relationships

Synonyms

float, drift, blow

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Princeton WordNet 3.0