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verb (used with object)
1.
to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water: The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.
2.
to send or convey lightly, as if in flight: The actress wafted kisses to her admirers in the audience.
3.
Obsolete. to signal to, summon, or direct by waving.
verb (used without object)
4.
to float or be carried, especially through the air: The sound wafted on the breeze. The music wafted across the lake.
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Wafted
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Origin:
1535–45; back formation from late Middle English waughter armed escort vessel < Dutch or Low German wachter watchman; in some senses confused with waff
1535–45; back formation from late Middle English waughter armed escort vessel < Dutch or Low German wachter watchman; in some senses confused with waff
Related forms
waft·er, noun
un·waft·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
waft
1513, "to carry over water," back-formation from obs. wafter "convoy ship" (1482), from M.Du. or M.L.G. wachter "a guard," from wachten "to guard," related to waken "rouse from sleep" (see wake (1)). The meaning "pass through air or space, float" is first attested 1704, and
EXPANDpossibly shows some influence of northern dialect waff "cause to move to and fro" (1513), a variant of wave.
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