waft
[verb]
Synonyms: carry, bear, convey, drift, float, transport

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waft /wɑːft, wɒft $ wɑːft, wæft/ verb
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: waft 'to guard a group of ships as they sail along' (16-17 centuries), from Middle Dutch wachten 'to watch, guard']

1. [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a smell, smoke, or a light wind wafts somewhere, or if something wafts it somewhere, it moves gently through the air
waft up/through/over etc
Cooking smells wafted up from downstairs.

2. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if sounds waft somewhere, you hear them there and they are pleasant but not very loud
waft up/through/over etc
The sound of laughter wafted through the open window.
⇒ drift

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

waft
verb
ADV. gently The night air wafted gently over them.
around, in, up A scent of honey wafted up from the hives.
PREP. across, down, from, into, over, through, up Spicy smells wafted through the air.

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