📖 Definitions of "Wafts"
verb
- 1
To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
"A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils."
- 2
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- 3
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wafts"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| driftverb | (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc. |
| streamernoun | (Internet) A person who streams activities on their computer (especially video gaming) to a live online audience. |
| pennonnoun | A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear. |
| pennantnoun | (sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag. |
| floatsverb | (intransitive, of an object or substance) To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). |
| rustlesverb | (ergative) To move (something) with a soft crackling sound. |
| seepsverb | (intransitive) To ooze or pass slowly through pores or other small openings, and in overly small quantities; said of liquids, etc. |
| reverberatesverb | (intransitive) Of sound: to (repeatedly) bounce against one or more surfaces; to echo or re-echo, to resound. |
| smellsverb | (transitive) To sense a smell or smells. |
| permeatesverb | (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade. |
| humsverb | Alternative form of Homs, a city in Syria. [A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.] |
| thundersverb | (intransitive) To make a noise like thunder. |
| sauntersverb | (intransitive) To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace. |
| shimmersverb | (intransitive) To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly. |
| resoundsverb | (intransitive) Of a place: to reverberate with sound or noise. |
| rumblesverb | (intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound. |
| glidesverb | (intransitive) To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly. |
| meandersverb | (intransitive) To wind or turn in a course or passage |
| envelopsverb | (transitive) To surround, enclose or enfold. |
| slinksverb | (intransitive) To sneak about furtively. |
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