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waft

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"Drift through air"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /wɑft/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aftwStarts with WEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be driven or carried along, as by the air

Word origin

From Middle English waften, of uncertain origin. Possibly from unattested Old English *wafettan, from wafian (“to wave”) + -ettan, or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch wachten (“to guard, provide for”).

Used in a sentence

  • A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
  • 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 […]
  • The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.

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