Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
- 2transitive 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.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
- 4intransitive verb
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- 5noun
A wave or current of wind.
- 6noun
A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
- 7noun
An unpleasant flavor.
- 8noun
A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
- 9noun
a long flag; often tapering
- 10verb
be driven or carried along, as by the air
"Sounds wafted into the room"
- 11verb
blow gently
"A breeze wafted through the door"
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