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waft  (wäft, wft)

v. waft·ed, waft·ing, wafts

v.tr.

1. To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water.

2. To convey or send floating through the air or over water.

v.intr.

To float easily and gently, as on the air; drift: "It was a heat that wafted from streets, rolled between buildings and settled over sidewalks" Sarah Lyall.

n.

1. Something, such as an odor, that is carried through the air.

2. A light breeze; a rush of air.

3. The act of fluttering or waving.

4. Nautical A flag used for signaling or indicating wind direction. Also called waif².

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[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; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]

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wafter n.

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waft

Verb

to move gently through the air as if being carried by the wind: the scent of summer flowers gently wafting through my window

Noun

a scent carried on the air [Middle Dutch wachter guard]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	waft - a long flag; often tapering           pennon, streamer, pennant flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design pennoncel, pennoncelle, penoncel - a small pennant borne on a lance
Verb	1.	waft - be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted into the room" be adrift, drift, float, blow - be in motion due to some air or water current; "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"
	2.	waft - blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door" blow - be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"

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waft

verb 1. drift, float, be carried, be transported, coast, flow, stray, glide, be borne, be conveyed

verb 2. transport, bring, carry, bear, guide, conduct, transmit, convey

noun 3. current, breath, puff, whiff, draught, breeze

Translations

waft [wɔft] vt → llevar por el aire

vi → flotar

waft [wɔft] vt → porter

vi → flotter

waft [wɔft] vt, vi → wehen

waft [wɔft] vt → portare

vi → diffondersi