Waft

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  waft
       n : a long flag; often tapering [syn: {pennant}, {pennon}, {streamer}]
       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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "waft":
     air express, airfreight, airlift, asportation, bear, bear up,
     bearing, blast, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over,
     blow up, bluster, breath, breath of air, breeze, breeze up, brew,
     buoy, buoy up, capful of wind, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage,
     come up, conduct, convey, conveyance, drayage, expressage,
     ferriage, flatus, float, float high, fly, freight, freightage,
     freshen, gather, haulage, hauling, hold up, huff, lift, lighterage,
     lug, lugging, manhandle, pack, packing, pipe up, portage,
     porterage, puff, puff of air, puff of wind, rage, railway express,
     ride high, set in, shipment, shipping, squall, stir of air, storm,
     sustain, take, telpherage, tote, toting, transport, transportation,
     transshipment, truckage, upbear, uphold, uplift, upraise, waftage,
     wagonage, whiff, whiffet, whiffle, whisk, wing