|
|
- pronunciation:
- waft
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
wafts, wafting, wafted |
| definition: |
to carry or cause to go gently on water or through the air.
The breeze wafted the scent of the flowers toward us.- similar words:
- blow, float, glide, puff, send, whiff, whiffle, whisk
|
| related words: |
fume |
|
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to float or be carried in air or on water; drift.
Leaves wafted down from the tree.- synonyms:
- drift, float
- similar words:
- blow, glide, trail
|
| definition 2: |
to blow lightly, as wind.
- synonyms:
- breeze
- similar words:
- blow, puff, whiff, whiffle
|
| related words: |
hang, hover, stream |
|
|
|
|
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a wafting movement, as of a breeze or a wave of water.
- similar words:
- gust, puff, wave, whiff
|
| definition 2: |
an odor, sound, or the like carried through the air.
a waft of perfume- similar words:
- breath, puff, sniff, whiff, wind
|
| definition 3: |
the act of wafting.
- similar words:
- wave
|
| related words: |
air, blow, fume, hover, wind |
|
|
|
|