From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Waft \Waft\, verb (used without an object) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
And now the shouts waft near the citadel. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. A wave or current of wind. ''Everywaft of the air.'' --Longfellow.
In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains In one wide waft. --Thomson.
2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs.]
4. (Naut.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written also {wheft}.]
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.''
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Waft \Waft\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Wafted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wafting}.] [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, verb (used with an object) See {Wave} to waver.]
1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. [Obs.]
But soft: who wafts us yonder? --Shak.
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.
A gentle wafting to immortal life. --Milton.
Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. --Pope.
3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly som?times used, as by Shakespeare, instead of wafted.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: {pennant}, {pennon}, {streamer}]
verb
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
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