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sets adrift

sets adrift is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set adrift.

Meaning of set adrift

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.

Questions about sets adrift

What is sets adrift the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets adrift is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set adrift.

Words near sets adrift in the dictionary

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

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