be adrift

/bi əˌdrɪft/

Other forms: was adrift; were adrift; are adrift; is adrift; been adrift; being adrift; am adrift

Definitions of be adrift

1. verb

   be in motion due to some air or water current
   “The sailboat was adrift on the open sea”

   synonyms: blow, drift, float

   float

   move lightly, as if suspended

   drift

   cause to be carried by a current

   types:

   waft

   be driven or carried along, as by the air

   tide

   be carried with the tide

   stream

   to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind

   type of:

   go, locomote, move, travel

   change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically