WAFT meaning: Float gently through the air

We found 34 dictionaries that define the word waft:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

waft: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
waft: Merriam-Webster
waft: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
waft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
waft: Collins English Dictionary
waft: Vocabulary.com
Waft, waft: Wordnik
waft: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
waft: Wiktionary
waft: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
waft: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
waft: Infoplease Dictionary
waft: Dictionary.com
waft: Online Etymology Dictionary
waft: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
WAFT, Waft: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Waft: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
waft: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
waft: Rhymezone
Waft: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
waft: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
waft: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
waft: FreeDictionary.org
waft: Mnemonic Dictionary
waft: TheFreeDictionary.com
waft: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

waft: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Waft: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
▸ verb:  To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
▸ noun:  A light breeze.
▸ noun:  Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
▸ noun:  (cricket, slang) A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.

Similar:

drift, streamer, pennant, pennon, float, wave, volume, waft off, whiff, flow, more...

Opposite:

sink

Types:

effuse, exhale, exude, perfume, redolence, scent, smell, stench, more...

Phrases:

waft up, more...

Adjectives:

faint, sudden, first, great, occasional, warm, cold, cool, least, strong, fresh

Colors:

lavender, lilac, sky blue, mint, blush pink, more...