"set adrift" meaning in English

See set adrift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: sets adrift [present, singular, third-person], setting adrift [participle, present], set adrift [participle, past], set adrift [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> adrift}} set adrift (third-person singular simple present sets adrift, present participle setting adrift, simple past and past participle set adrift)
  1. To send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-set_adrift-en-verb-w8xxvOp7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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