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waft

გამოთქმა: /wɒft, wɑːft/

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Universal
  • 1a gentle movement of air.
  • a scent carried in the air: from the kitchen comes a waft of roasting meat
  • 2 (also weft) Nautical, historical a knotted ensign, garment, etc. displayed by a ship as a signal.
    [perhaps related to Scots and northern waff 'a signal, waving of something in the hand', a variant of wave]

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Universal
  • (with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air: [no object, with adverbial of direction]:the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe [with object and adverbial of direction]:each breeze would waft pollen round the house
  • [no object, with adverbial of direction] move with a gliding motion:models wafted down the catwalk in filmy organza skirts

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