waft

Etymology
From, of origin. Possibly from unattested, from , or perhaps borrowed from. See also German, Faroese and Icelandic.

Verb

 * 1)  To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
 * 2)  To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
 * 3) * 1675,, , London: [s.n.], 497010563 , Act III, scene i; republished as “Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy”, in , editor, The Works of John Dryden, now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, Esq., volume V, London: Printed for William Miller, , by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1808,  317070632 , page 226:
 * Unhappy Aureng-Zebe is in disgrace; / And your Morat, proclaimed the successor, / Is called, to awe the city with his power. / Those trumpets his triumphant entry tell, / And now the shouts waft near the citadel.
 * 1) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
 * 1)  To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
 * 2) * 1675,, , London: [s.n.], 497010563 , Act III, scene i; republished as “Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy”, in , editor, The Works of John Dryden, now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, Esq., volume V, London: Printed for William Miller, , by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1808,  317070632 , page 226:
 * Unhappy Aureng-Zebe is in disgrace; / And your Morat, proclaimed the successor, / Is called, to awe the city with his power. / Those trumpets his triumphant entry tell, / And now the shouts waft near the citadel.
 * 1) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
 * 1) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: нося се
 * Czech: nést se, linout se
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, lehahtaa
 * German:, , , , , , , getragen werden
 * Ido:
 * Maori: kōrewarewa
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: нести, доносити, переносити, розносити


 * Bulgarian: разнасям се, довявам се
 * Czech: nést se, linout se, vznášet se
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , , dahinsegeln
 * Maori: kōrewarewa
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Ukrainian: пливти, віяти, розноситися, доноситися, линути


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , fortsenden,

Noun

 * 1) A light breeze.
 * 2) Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
 * 3)  A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
 * 1)  A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
 * 1)  A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
 * 1)  A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: závan
 * German:
 * Maori: hīrea
 * Spanish: vaharada