1.
[syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft]
VERB (2)
1. be driven or carried along, as by the air;
- Example: "Sounds wafted into the room"
2. blow gently;
- Example: "A breeze wafted through the door"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Waft \Waft\, n.
1. A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air."
--Longfellow.
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In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing
Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains
In one wide waft. --Thomson.
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2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
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3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
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4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written
also wheft.]
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Note: A flag with a waft in it, when hoisted at the staff, or
half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the
peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, "Recall
boats."
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Waft \Waft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wafting.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See
Wave to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand
to; to beckon. [Obs.]
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But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak.
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2. 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.
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A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope.
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3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
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Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times
used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Waft \Waft\, v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
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And now the shouts waft near the citadel. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
waft
n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon,
streamer, waft]
v 1: be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted
into the room"
2: blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "waft":
air express, airfreight, airlift, asportation, bear, bear up,
bearing, blast, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over,
blow up, bluster, breath, breath of air, breeze, breeze up, brew,
buoy, buoy up, capful of wind, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage,
come up, conduct, convey, conveyance, drayage, expressage,
ferriage, flatus, float, float high, fly, freight, freightage,
freshen, gather, haulage, hauling, hold up, huff, lift, lighterage,
lug, lugging, manhandle, pack, packing, pipe up, portage,
porterage, puff, puff of air, puff of wind, rage, railway express,
ride high, set in, shipment, shipping, squall, stir of air, storm,
sustain, take, telpherage, tote, toting, transport, transportation,
transshipment, truckage, upbear, uphold, uplift, upraise, waftage,
wagonage, whiff, whiffet, whiffle, whisk, wing