Waft

Quick meaning: Waft is a verb meaning (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

Meaning

(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
2. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
3. A light breeze.
4. Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
5. (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
6. (cricket, slang) A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.

Example Sentences

A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.

The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.

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.

Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin […]

Word Forms

• wafts
• wafting
• wafted

Synonyms for waft

Depending on context, synonyms include breathe, drift, pennon, streamer, pennant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include drift, streamer, pennon, pennant, whiff, float.

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