1. To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water. 2. To convey or send floating through the air or over water.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To float easily and gently, as on the air; drift: “It was a heat that wafted from streets, rolled between buildings and settled over sidewalks” (Sarah Lyall).
NOUN:
1. Something, such as an odor, that is carried through the air. 2. A light breeze; a rush of air. 3. The act of fluttering or waving. 4.Nautical A flag used for signaling or indicating wind direction. Also called waif2.
ETYMOLOGY:
Back-formation from wafter, convoy ship, alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter, a guard, from wachten, to guard. See weg- in Appendix I.
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