Sekirov Dictionary

waft

UK /wɒft/US /wɑft/

noun 4
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 2

noun4

•
Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
- Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously. — 1908
•
A light breeze.
- It lay before him white and ghaistly, with mist blowing in wafts across it and a slow swaying of the tides. — 1902
(slang) A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.
A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.

verb3

•
To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
- A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
•
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron gates. — 2005
•
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
- […] but soft: who wafts vs yonder. — 1594

forms

wafted · wafting · wafts

Phrases with waft

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