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ADRIFT

\ɐdɹˈɪft], \ɐdɹˈɪft], \ɐ_d_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_t]\

Definitions of ADRIFT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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off course; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

off course; "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Floating as driven (by the wind): moving at random.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Floating at random.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Drifting; .

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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