set adrift

verb

To send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.

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Meanings

verbset adrift (third-person singular simple present sets adrift, present participle setting adrift, simple past and past participle set adrift)

present singular third person sets adrift · participle present setting adrift

  1. To send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.
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APA

set adrift. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20adrift

MLA

“set adrift.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20adrift. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set adrift,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20adrift.

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