Waft

Verb

 * 1)  to cause to float easily or gently through the air
 * 2) * A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
 * 3) * 1922,, Ulysses Chapter 13
 * Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin...

Noun

 * 1) A light breeze.
 * 2) Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.
 * 3) * 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
 * Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.
 * 1) * 2010 September, "The SLM Calendar", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 170:
 * Patrol Magazine says of this Oxford, Miss., band: "Guitars are responsible for every noise in Colour Revolt's mix—not a single note of piano, waft of synthesizer, or evidence of electronic tampering are to be found."
 * 1)  A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.

Adverbs for Waft
delicately; pungently; insidiously; gently; capriciously.

Thesaurus
air express, airfreight, airlift, asportation, bear, bear up, bearing, blast, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, blow up, bluster, breath, breath of air, breeze, breeze up, brew, buoy, buoy up, capful of wind, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, come up, conduct, convey, conveyance, drayage, expressage, ferriage, flatus, float, float high, fly, freight, freightage, freshen, gather, haulage, hauling, hold up, huff, lift, lighterage, lug, lugging, manhandle, pack, packing, pipe up, portage, porterage, puff, puff of air, puff of wind, rage, railway express, ride high, set in, shipment, shipping, squall, stir of air, storm, sustain, take, telpherage, tote, toting, transport, transportation, transshipment, truckage, upbear, uphold, uplift, upraise, waftage, wagonage, whiff, whiffet, whiffle, whisk, wing

Etymology

 * (armed convoy ship), alteration of waughter, from  or  wachter (a guard), from wachten (to guard)
 * the current usage derives from the sense 'carried by water'. See waif
 * the current usage derives from the sense 'carried by water'. See waif

Verb

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