"adrift" meaning in English

See adrift in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /əˈdrɪft/ Audio: en-us-adrift.ogg [US] Forms: adrift
enPR: ə-drĭft' Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is adrift, it is floating with no control of its direction.
    Sense id: simple-adrift-en-prep-VxhBnao5
     
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        {
          "text": "The boat was adrift for three days before it was found with nobody aboard."
        },
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          "text": "After school I was sort of adrift for a year or two."
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      ]
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