An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
ADRIFT
adrift
(adjective) afloat on the surface of a body of water; “after the storm the boats were adrift”
adrift
(adverb) off course, wandering aimlessly; “there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift”
adrift
(adverb) floating freely; not anchored; “the boat was set adrift”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adrift (comparative more adrift, superlative most adrift)
Floating at random.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
(chiefly, UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
Adverb
adrift (comparative more adrift, superlative most adrift)
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
Anagrams
• Tardif
Source: Wiktionary
A*drift", adv. & a. Etym: [Pref. a- (for on) + drift.]
Definition: Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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