be adrift

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verb

be in motion due to some air or water current
- The leaves were blowing in the wind
- the boat drifted on the lake
- The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
- the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore
• Syn:
float, drift, blow
• Derivationally related forms:
blow (for: blow), drift (for: drift)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
waft, tide, stream
• Verb Group:
float, drift
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP