Usually means: Float gently through the air.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. waft: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. waft: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. waft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. waft: Collins English Dictionary
  5. waft: Vocabulary.com
  6. Waft, waft: Wordnik
  7. waft: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. waft: Wiktionary
  9. waft: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. waft: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. waft: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. waft: Dictionary.com
  13. waft: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. waft: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. WAFT, Waft: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Waft: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. waft: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. waft: Rhymezone
  19. Waft: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. waft: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. waft: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. waft: Free Dictionary
  23. waft: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. waft: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. waft: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. waft: Encyclopedia

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  1. Waft: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See wafted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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.

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