waft

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: pennantpennonstreamer

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a long flag; often taperingSynonyms: pennantpennonstreamer

Verb (2)

  1. be driven or carried along, as by the air“Sounds wafted into the room”
  2. blow gently“A breeze wafted through the door”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Waft \Waft\, n.

1.A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains In one wide waft.— Thomson.[1913 Webster]

2.A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air. [1913 Webster]

3.An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

4.(Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written also wheft.] [1913 Webster]

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." [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

But soft: who wafts us yonder?— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

A gentle wafting to immortal life.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

3.To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]

Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted. [1913 Webster]

Waft \Waft\, v. i. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. [1913 Webster]

And now the shouts waft near the citadel. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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