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waft
English
Etymology
From Middle English waften, of uncertain origin. Possibly from unattested Old English *wafettan, from wafian (“to wave”) +? -ettan, or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch wachten (“to guard, provide for”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?ft
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?ft/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w?ft/
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /w??ft/
- (Regional American) IPA(key): /wæft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Verb
waft (third-person singular simple present wafts, present participle wafting, simple past and past participle wafted)
- (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
- (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, London: [s.n.], OCLC 497010563, Act III, scene i; republished as “Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy”, in Walter Scott, editor, The Works of John Dryden, now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, Esq., volume V, London: Printed for William Miller, Albemarle Street, by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1808, OCLC 317070632, page 226:
- Unhappy Aureng-Zebe is in disgrace; / And your Morat, proclaimed the successor, / Is called, to awe the city with his power. / Those trumpets his triumphant entry tell, / And now the shouts waft near the citadel.
- 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe, London: [s.n.], OCLC 497010563, Act III, scene i; republished as “Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy”, in Walter Scott, editor, The Works of John Dryden, now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, Esq., volume V, London: Printed for William Miller, Albemarle Street, by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1808, OCLC 317070632, page 226:
- To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
Translations
Noun
waft (plural wafts)
- A light breeze.
- Something (such as an odor or scent like a perfume) that is carried through the air.
- (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
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wafting
English
Verb
wafting
- present participle of waft
Noun
wafting (plural waftings)
- An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
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