waft
verb
[ wɒft ]
• (with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air.
• "the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe"
Similar:
drift,
float,
glide,
whirl,
travel,
be carried,
be borne,
be conveyed,
be transported,
convey,
transport,
transmit,
carry,
bear,
blow,
puff,
waft
noun
• a gentle movement of air.
• a knotted ensign, garment, etc. displayed by a ship as a signal.
Origin:
early 16th century (in the sense ‘escort a ship’): back-formation from obsolete wafter (used only by opponents of the practice) ‘armed convoy vessel’, from Low German, Dutch wachter, from wachten ‘to guard’. A sense ‘convey by water’ gave rise to the current use of the verb.
