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set adrift

set adrift verb: to send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.

Verb

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

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

Forms of set adrift

third-person singular presentsets adrift
present participlesetting adrift
past participleset adrift
pastset adrift

Questions about set adrift

What does set adrift mean?
Set adrift means to send a ship, boat or raft out to sea without a crew or resources to steer it.
What part of speech is set adrift?
Set adrift is a verb.
What is the past tense of set adrift?
The past tense of set adrift is set adrift.

Words near set adrift in the dictionary

  1. set a spell
  2. set a sponge
  3. set a thief to catch a thief
  4. set aback
  5. set about
  6. set adrift
  7. set afire
  8. set after
  9. set against
  10. set ahead
  11. set alight

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