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What (who) is WAFT - definition
Waft
RADIO STATION IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
·noun An unpleasant flavor.
II. Waft ·noun A wave or current of wind.
III. Waft ·noun A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
IV. Waft ·noun A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
V. Waft ·vt To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to Buoy.
VI. Waft ·vi To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to Float.
VII. Waft ·vt To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to Beckon.
VIII. Waft ·vt 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.
waft
RADIO STATION IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
(wafts, wafting, wafted)
If sounds or smells waft through the air, or if something such as a light wind wafts them, they move gently through the air.
The scent of climbing roses wafts through the window...
A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.
VERB: V prep/adv, V n prep/adv
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Waft is also a noun.
A waft of perfume drifted into Ingrid's nostrils.
N-COUNT: N of n
waft
RADIO STATION IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA
I. v. a.
Bear (through a buoyant medium), convey, transport, carry, transmit.
II. v. n.
(Rare.) Float, be wafted.
Examples of use of WAFT
1. The smell of rotting flesh began to waft from the rubble at sunset.
2. She added: "The checking process is for the two nurses to go through together, not for someone to waft in, tick a box and waft out again." Mrs Waters also criticised Nurse Kelly Black, who failed to collect blood samples.
3. WILD WAFT From 66 for two it was soon 87 for five.
4. Simon Jones, with his first delivery, induced a wild waft from Damien Martyn and another edge.
5. The way they waft on breezes and carry themselves through space?