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waft(2)(dictionary)
waft(dictionary)
waft(dictionary)

waft(2) (iou)



waft noun. . M16.
[App. from WAFT verb1, verb2. Cf. WAFF noun.]
a. A taste, a flavour, esp. an unpleasant one. Now dial. M16.
b. A scent or odour passing through the air or carried on the breeze; a whiff. E17.
R. MacNeil There was also a waft of stale body odour noticeable.
Nautical. A flag, ensign, etc., knotted at the centre or with its fly stopped to the ensign staff, formerly used as a distress signal when hung on the mainstay, or for various other signals depending on the part of the ship from which it was flown; an act of displaying such a signal. Cf. WHIFF noun1 8. M16.
make a waft hang out a flag etc. as a signal.
A current or rush of air, a breath of wind; fig. a transient sensation or quality. E17.
W. Golding The lamps flickered in the wafts of hot air. B. Neil A waft of last night's bitter humour drifted through her.
b. A sound carried by the breeze. M17.
B. Tarkington There came to his ears a waft of comment from a passing automobile.
c. A puff of smoke or vapour. L19.
An act of transporting something over water; a passage across the sea. M17-L18.
An act of waving; a waving movement. M17.
I. Doig His horse's tail giving a..little waft as if wiping clean the field of vision.
An apparition, a wraith. dial. L19.