"run adrift" meaning in English

See run adrift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: runs adrift [present, singular, third-person], running adrift [participle, present], ran adrift [past], run adrift [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> adrift}} run adrift (third-person singular simple present runs adrift, present participle running adrift, simple past ran adrift, past participle run adrift)
  1. To continue without being steered (usually having been abandoned). (of a ship) Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-run_adrift-en-verb-ebUjCrT9 Disambiguation of Nautical: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54
  2. (figurative, by extension) To be aimless or pointless; to make no progress. Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-run_adrift-en-verb-V5PAtZ8v Disambiguation of Nautical: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run adrift meaning in English (2.5kB)

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