adrift

/əˈdrɪft/ adjective

Translation

› [never before noun] If a boat is adrift, it floats around in the water and is not tied to anything.

denizde, suda sürüklenen, akıntıya kapılan

The engine failed, leaving the boat adrift a long way off shore.1706

come adrift › to become loose and not joined to anything

başıboş olmak, hiç bir şeyle bağlantısı olmamak, terk edilmiş olmak

A few bricks in the garden wall had come adrift.1935

(Definition of adrift adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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