What does wafting mean?
Wafting means present participle and gerund of waft.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of waft.
The following afternoon they fired up an ancient wood-frame charcoal grill and laid on the pig, suffusing the quad with the sweet waftings of barbecue — that is, until the grill caught fire and collapsed.
Use wafting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wafting means present participle and gerund of waft.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The following afternoon they fired up an ancient wood-frame charcoal grill and laid on the pig, suffusing the quad with the sweet waftings of barbecue — that is, until the grill caught fire and collapsed.
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