Waft definition
To float easily and gently, as on the air; drift.
The smell of soup wafted from the kitchen.
verb
To waft is defined as to cause something to move smoothly through air or over water.
An example of to waft is for the smell of sauce to travel through the house.
verb
The definition of a waft is a gust of wind or a smell carried through the air.
An example of a waft is the scent of soup carried through the house.
noun
To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water.
The breeze wafted the fog through the fields.
verb
Something, such as an odor, that is carried through the air.
A waft of perfume.
noun
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A light breeze; a rush of air.
Felt the waft of the sea breeze.
noun
The act or action of fluttering or waving.
The waft of her dress.
noun
(nautical) A flag used for signaling or indicating wind direction.
noun
(obs.) To beckon or signal to, as by a wave of the hand.
verb
To carry or propel (objects, sounds, odors, etc.) lightly through the air or over water.
verb
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To transport as if in this manner.
verb
To float, as on the wind.
verb
To blow gently.
verb
The act or fact of floating or being carried lightly along.
noun
An odor, sound, etc. carried through the air.
noun
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A breath or gust of wind.
noun
A wave, waving, or wafting movement.
noun
(intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
verb
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
verb
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Origin of waft
- Back-formation from wafter convoy ship alteration of Middle English waughter from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter a guard from wachten to guard weg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Back-formation from wafter (armed convoy ship), alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard"), from to guard. The current senses derive from the original sense of "be carried by water". See also waif.
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