"waft" Definition

Definitions for the word "waft" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A wave or current of wind.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
An unpleasant flavor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
Convey or travel easily and smoothly as through air or over water. n. (usu. Foll. By of) whiff or scent. [originally ‘convoy (ship etc.)’ From dutch or low german wachter from wachten to guard]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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