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waft

UK/wɒft/ US/wɑft/ uncommon slang
verb (2) noun (1)

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”

noun

1.

Origin

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”). See also German wabern (“to waft”), Faroese veiftra (“to wave”) and Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”).

Phrases

  • waft off
  • waft over

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