Not made fast, floating loose, at mercy of wind and current.
Floating free without propulsion; not fastened.
Loose from moorings, or out of place.
afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm the boats were adrift"
Unattached to the shore or ground and at the mercy of wind and tide. Colloquially used to mean missing from its place; absent from place of duty; broken away from fastening.
a vessel floating with the wind and tide
Not being fast to a stationary mooring
Floating without any means of propulsion, and without mooring. Aft At, near, or toward the stern of a boat.
Loose from towline or moorings; scattered about; not in proper stowage
Unattached to shore or bottom, floating out of control.
Loose, not on moorings or towline.
floating without direction, especially a ship that is crippled or abandoned. Also used to indicate anything or anyone who seems without direction or purpose.
Floating free with the currents and tide, not under control.
loose from moorings and out of control (applied to anything lost, out of hand or left lying about