wafts
Meaning of wafts
- (with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air.
the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe
each breeze would waft pollen round the house
- a gentle movement of air.
- a knotted ensign, garment, etc. displayed by a ship as a signal.
early 16th century (in the sense ‘escort a ship’): back-formation from obsolete wafter (used only by opponents of the practice) ‘armed convoy vessel’, from Low German, Dutch wachter, from wachten ‘to guard’. A sense ‘convey by water’ gave rise to the current use of the verb.
Information about wafts
- The singular form of wafts is: waft.
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Hyphenation of wafts
wafts
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- wafts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
wafts synonyms
Meaning be carried slowly by a current of air or water:
Meaning move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift:
Meaning move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion:
Meaning move or cause to move rapidly round and round:
Meaning go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length:
Meaning transport or carry to a place:
Meaning take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship:
Meaning cause (something) to pass on from one person or place to another:
Meaning support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:
Meaning carry the weight of; support:
Meaning (of wind) move creating an air current:
Meaning breathe in repeated short gasps:
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