waft

waft is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
2. transitive verb. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
3. transitive verb. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
4. intransitive verb. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
5. noun. A wave or current of wind.
6. noun. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
7. noun. An unpleasant flavor.
8. noun. A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
9. noun. a long flag; often tapering

   Synonyms: pennant, pennon, streamer

10. verb. be driven or carried along, as by the air

    "Sounds wafted into the room"

11. verb. blow gently

    "A breeze wafted through the door"

Synonyms

pennant, pennon, streamer

Common word forms

wafts, wafted, wafter, wafting

Words from these letters

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