CAST / SET SB ADRIFT

Meaning of CAST / SET SB ADRIFT in English

(usually passive) to leave sb to be carried away on a boat that is not being controlled by anyone :

( figurative )

Without language human beings are cast adrift.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
ADRIFT — nga nag'utaw;nga naglutaw-lutaw;nga naglutaw
English-Visayan vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ADRIFT — adverb or adjective Date: 1624 without motive power and without anchor or mooring , without ties, guidance, or security , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SET
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAST — I. ˈkast, -aa(ə)-, -ai-, -ȧ- verb ( cast ; cast ; casting ; casts ) Etymology: Middle English casten, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRIFT — əˈ- adverb (or adjective) Etymology: a- (I) + drift, v. 1. : without motive power and without anchor or mooring …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADRIFT — (adv. & a.) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.
Английский словарь Webster
ADRIFT — ( adv. & a. ) Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAST — — castable , adj. — castability , n. /kast, kahst/ , v. , cast, casting , n. , adj. v.t. …
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ADRIFT — /euh drift"/ , adj. , adv. 1. floating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored: The survivors were adrift in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADRIFT — adj. aimless, without direction, without purpose; (Nautical) drifting, not anchored (of a ship); astray
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ADRIFT — adv. without direction, without purpose; (Nautical) drifting, not anchored (of a ship)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAST — I. ˈkast verb ( cast ; cast·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kǫs …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — substantive
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ADRIFT — adverb or adjective Date: 1624 1. : without motive power and without anchor or mooring a boat adrift on the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SET
Webster English vocab
CAST
Webster English vocab
ADRIFT — adv & ·adj floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. also fig.
Webster English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford English vocab
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAST — [cast] vb cast ; cast.ing [ME, fr. ON kasta; akin to ON kos heap] vt (13c) 1 a: to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADRIFT — [adrift] adv or adj (1624) 1: without motive power and without anchor or mooring 2: without ties, guidance, or security …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADRIFT — adrift BrE AmE ə ˈdrɪft
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAST — / kɑːst; NAmE kæst/ verb , noun ■ verb ( cast , cast ) A LOOK / GLANCE / SMILE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADRIFT — / əˈdrɪft; NAmE / adjective [ not before noun ] 1. if a boat or a person in a boat …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAST
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADRIFT — a ‧ drift /əˈdrɪft/ BrE AmE adjective , adverb 1 . a boat that is adrift is not fastened to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAST — v. & n. v. (past and past part. cast) 1 tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SET
Oxford English vocab
CAST — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. cast) 1. tr. throw, esp. deliberately or forcefully. 2 tr. (often foll. …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAST — ( casts, casting) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'cast' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADRIFT — 1. If a boat is adrift , it is floating on the water and is not tied to anything or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAST — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be cast in a mould (= be very like something ) ▪ He didn't …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADRIFT — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Too many children seem adrift in society.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
ADRIFT — [adjective] [after verb], [adverb] - (of a boat) not tied up and therefore moving with the sea and wind, or …
Cambridge English vocab
CAST
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ADRIFT — . Loose, turned adrift, discharged. SEA PHRASE.
Slang English vocab
SET
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAST — n. 25B6; verb he cast the stone into the stream : THROW, toss, fling, pitch, hurl, lob; informal chuck, sling, …
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ADRIFT — adj. 25B6; adjective their empty boat was spotted adrift : DRIFTING, unmoored, unanchored. (Brit. informal) the pipe of my breathing …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAST — n. 1 throw, toss, pitch, shy, lob, thrust, chuck In his next cast, the bowler lightly struck the jack 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
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