Waft

[wɒft;wɑːft] or [wɑft]

Definition

(verb.) be driven or carried along, as by the air; 'Sounds wafted into the room'.

(verb.) blow gently; 'A breeze wafted through the door'.

Edited by Elsie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

(v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.

(v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.

(v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

(n.) A wave or current of wind.

(n.) A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.

(n.) An unpleasant flavor.

(n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.

Checker: Prudence

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Bear (through a buoyant medium), convey, transport, carry, transmit.

v. n. [Rare.] Float, be wafted.

Typed by Hiram

Definition

v.t. to bear through a fluid medium as air or water: (Shak.) to wave the hand beckon to turn.—v.i. to float.—n. a floating body: a signal made by moving something in the air esp. an ensign stopped together at the head and middle portions slightly rolled up lengthwise and hoisted at different positions at the after-part of a ship: a breath puff slight odour.—ns. Waf′tāge act of wafting transportation in air or water; Waf′ter one who or that which wafts; Waf′tūre (Shak.) act of wafting or of waving waving motion beckoning.

Editor: Sweeney