WAFT
Dictionary entry overview: What does waft mean?
• WAFT (noun)
The noun WAFT has 1 sense:
1. a long flag; often tapering
Familiarity information: WAFT used as a noun is very rare.
• WAFT (verb)
The verb WAFT has 2 senses:
1. be driven or carried along, as by the air
2. blow gently
Familiarity information: WAFT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WAFT (noun)
Meaning:
A long flag; often tapering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
pennon; waft; pennant; streamer
Hypernyms ("waft" is a kind of...):
flag (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waft"):
pennoncel; pennoncelle; penoncel (a small pennant borne on a lance)
• WAFT (verb)
Meaning:
Be driven or carried along, as by the air
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
Sounds wafted into the room
Hypernyms (to "waft" is one way to...):
be adrift; blow; drift; float (be in motion due to some air or water current)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Blow gently
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
A breeze wafted through the door
Hypernyms (to "waft" is one way to...):
blow (be blowing or storming)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
