Definition of "adrift" in English

adjective

1. Floating at random.

2. (of a seaman) Absent from his watch.

3. (chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.

   • The team were six points adrift of their rivals.

adverb

1. In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.