be adrift

Verb
  1. Be in motion due to some air or water current (synset 201906776)
    "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
    is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
    subtypes:
    • waft - be driven or carried along, as by the air
    • tide - be carried with the tide
    • stream - to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind
    same as: blow, drift, float
    verb group:
    • float - move lightly, as if suspended
    • drift - cause to be carried by a current

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