Definizione monolingua

waft

waft (third-person singular simple present wafts, present participle wafting, simple past and past participle wafted)

1. (ergative) 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.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

     Through the open window of the church the fragrant incense was wafted and with it the fragrant names of her who was conceived without stain of original sin...

waft (plural wafts)

1. A light breeze.
2. Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.
   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     Meanwhile, the wafts from his old home pleaded, whispered, conjured, and finally claimed him imperiously.

   • 2010 September, ""The SLM Calendar"", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 170:

     Patrol Magazine says of this Oxford, Miss., band: ""Guitars are responsible for every noise in Colour Revolts mix—not a single note of piano, waft of synthesizer, or evidence of electronic tampering are to be found. […] ""

3. (nautical) A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.

Definizione dizionario waft

alito

soffio

zaffata

Altri significati:

(ergative) to cause to float easily or gently through the air

(nautical) A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.

to float easily and gently on the air

A light breeze.

Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.