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 Translation for 'adrift' from English to Slovak
ADJ   adrift | more adrift | most adrift
SYNO adrift | afloat | aimless | ...
bez cieľaadrift
osamotený {adj} [bemocný, bez cieľa]adrift
bezmocný {adj} [osamotený, vydaný napospas osudu]adrift
námor.
neuviazaný {adj}
adrift
námor.
nezakotvený {adj}
adrift
(voľne) unášaný {adj}adrift [pred.]
zmietaný {adj} [vlnami ap.]adrift [pred.]
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Usage Examples English
  • In 1981, he survived for 76 days adrift on the Atlantic Ocean in a liferaft.
  • Romania finished fifth in the table, ten points adrift of leaders Serbia.
  • The situation is getting chaotic for Persitara. The absence of competent management leaves them adrift in Third Division.
  • On 27 February 2012, "Costa Allegra" suffered an engine room fire and went adrift in the Indian Ocean.
  • In April 2015, the Houston Express rescued a 37-year-old man, Louis Jordan, whose capsized boat had left him adrift for 66 days.

  • A castaway is a person cast adrift or ashore.
  • On 4 December 1920 "Graf Waldersee" broke adrift when under tow in the River Thames.
  • Rauf Pasha found himself adrift without money and orders.
  • 18 Apr 1987 - Everton move closer to winning the First Division title with a 1–0 away win over Aston Villa, who are six points adrift of the relegation playoff place and seven points adrift of automatic survival with five games remaining.
  • In September 2014 "Nafanua" rescued four fishermen from American Samoa, whose vessel had broken down, who were found adrift 185 miles south of Apia.

  • On 29 July 2016, "Carney" was called on to support the rescue of 97 migrants whose small inflatable watercraft was adrift in the water.
  • During all navigation the barge was standing on anchors in front of the navigable span higher adrift, marine cables were brought from the barge to passing vessels and then the vessel was carefully pulled up with the help of steam winch or was pulled down adrift.
  • All had developed saltwater sores but considering they had been adrift for 38 days they were in relatively good health.
  • This disastrous run saw the Saddlers end the campaign in 13th, 16 points adrift of a playoff place.
  • By the next morning rescuers found "Oceanos" adrift just off Coffee Bay, on the Wild Coast.

  • The third horse, L'Escargot, who would win the National two years later, was 25 lengths adrift at the finish.
  • Liverpool ended 1993 in eighth place, 20 points adrift of leaders Manchester United though only six points adrift of third place and European qualification.
  • Many scholars believe that the basket that baby Moses was cast adrift in on the Nile (in Exodus 2:3) was in fact a coracle or quffa, based on the similarity of that passage to Neo-Assyrian legends depicting infants cast adrift on rivers in [...].
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