waft
IPA: wˈɑft
noun
- A light breeze.
- Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
- (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
verb
- (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
- (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
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Examples of "waft" in Sentences
- The dust wafted on the floor.
- The fragrance is wafted by breeze.
- The bottle used to waft strong odor.
- I wafted the dust with a blow of air.
- The dry bones used to waft sever odor.
- I like when the perfume waft in the air.
- As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.
- This portrait is mounted in a decorated waft of great artistic value.
- The gentle breeze blowing across this place has a waft of soothing fragrance.
- In deflection and wafting, lift and drag about the body of the spider occurs.
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