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adrift

/əˈdrɪft/

US pronunciation
American sound/əˈdrɪft/
əˈdrɪft
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

ə - ˈdrɪft -> adrift

Myanmar meaning

(adj) မျော[သော]၊ မျောပါ[သော] (လှေ)။ ရေစုန်မျောနေ[သော]။ ကျွတ် [သော]။ ချောင်[သော]။ ချွတ်ချော်[သော]။ ချော်တောငေါ့သွား[သော]။ ကွာ [သော]။ နောက်ကျကျန်ရစ် [သော]။

Full entry

adrift / ǝ'drÇft / adj

၁။ (က) မျော[သော]၊ မျောပါ[သော] (လှေ)။ cut a boat adrift from its moorings ❍ The survivors were adrift on a raft for five days.
(ခ) ရေစုန်မျောနေ[သော]။ young people adrift in our big cities.
၂။ (Brit infml ) (က) ကျွတ် [သော]။ ချောင်[သော]။ The car's bumper had come adrift. (ခ) ချွတ်ချော်[သော]။ ချော်တောငေါ့သွား[သော]။ Our plans went badly adrift.
၃။ ~ (of sth) ကွာ [သော]။ နောက်ကျကျန်ရစ် [သော]။ They're second in the league, three points adrift of the leaders.

More examples
  • The refugees spent three days adrift on the tiny boat.
Synonyms
drifting, floating, loose, free, afloat, aimless, amiss, astray, at loose ends, directionless, erring, goalless, in limbo, lost, off course, purposeless, unanchored, unmoored, wandering, without purpose, wrong
Antonyms
anchored, determined, focused, on course, on target, purposeful, stable, stationary, tied down
Cross references
driftingfloatingloosefreeafloataimlessamissastrayat loose endsdirectionlesserringgoallessin limbolostoff coursepurposelessunanchoredunmooredwanderingwithout purposewronganchoreddeterminedfocusedon courseon targetpurposefulstable
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