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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
waft
n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon,
streamer, waft]
v 1: be driven or carried along, as by the air; "Sounds wafted
into the room"
2: blow gently; "A breeze wafted through the door"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Waft \Waft\, n.
1. A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air."
--Longfellow.
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In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing
Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains
In one wide waft. --Thomson.
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2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
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3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
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4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written
also wheft.]
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Note: A flag with a waft in it, when hoisted at the staff, or
half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the
peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, "Recall
boats."
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Waft \Waft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wafting.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See
Wave to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand
to; to beckon. [Obs.]
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But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak.
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2. 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.
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A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton.
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Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope.
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3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.]
--Sir T. Browne.
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Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times
used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Waft \Waft\, v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
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And now the shouts waft near the citadel. --Dryden.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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