adrift

Word parts

a- + drift

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-drĭft', IPA ^(key): /əˈdrɪft/
• SAMPA: /@"drIft/

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Preposition

Preposition adrift

1. If something is adrift, it is floating with no control of its direction.

   The boat was adrift for three days before it was found with nobody aboard.

   After school I was sort of adrift for a year or two.

Related word

• drift