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waft
[ waft, wahft ]
verb (used with object)
- to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water:
The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.
- to send or convey lightly, as if in flight:
The actress wafted kisses to her admirers in the audience.
- Obsolete. to signal to, summon, or direct by waving.
verb (used without object)
- to float or be carried, especially through the air:
The sound wafted on the breeze. The music wafted across the lake.
waft
/ w蓲ft; w蓱藧ft /
verb
- to carry or be carried gently on or as if on the air or water
noun
- the act or an instance of wafting
- something, such as a scent, carried on the air
- a wafting motion
- Also calledwaif nautical (formerly) a signal flag hoisted furled to signify various messages depending on where it was flown
Derived Forms
- 藞飞补蹿迟补驳别, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 飞补蹿迟顎侥谤 noun
- 耻苍路飞补蹿迟顎侥诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of waft1
Example Sentences
There's no familiar, powerful waft of cocoa when opening this bag of sweets, the packet of biscuits, or the caramel-filled truffles.
Over the course of the film, my guesses included telekinesis and algae blooms wafting from Lake Merritt.
At the very least, Democrats and Republicans agree that wafting cigarette smoke in someone鈥檚 face and capturing their reaction on video 鈥 without first asking 鈥 is untoward.
The stench of the contaminated Tijuana River wafted in the morning air as Jasso hauled out a plastic shelving unit from the canopy.
Then she pulls out a fancy perfume bottle and wafts it under her nose, inhaling a chemical approximation of the scented flora surrounding them.
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