English-Thai Dictionary

waft

N กลิ่น จางๆ (มัก เป็น กลิ่นหอม  klin-jang-jang

 

waft

N การ พัด เบาๆ  puff kan-pad-bao-bao

 

waft

N ลม ที่ พัด โชย เบาๆ  ลม พัด อ่อนๆ  breeze lon-ti-pad-choi-bao-bao

 

waft

N สัญญาณ ธง  san-yan-tong

 

waft

VI ล่องลอย ใน อากาศ  drift float long-loi-nai-ar-kad

 

waft

VT ทำให้ ล่องลอย ใน อากาศ  tam-hai-long-loi-nai-ar-kad

 

waftage

N การ ล่องลอย ไป ใน อากาศ  waffing conveyance kan-long-loi-nai-ar-kad

 

wafting

ADJ ซึ่ง ล่องลอย ไป  floating sueng-long-loi-pai

 

wafture

N การ โบก ไปมา  waft kan-bok-pai-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WAFT

v.t. 1. To bear through a fluid or bouyant medium; to convey through water or air; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, and waft a sigh from Indus to the pole.
2. To convey; as ships.
3. To bouy; to cause to float; to keep from sinking.
4. To beckon; to give notice by something in motion. [Not in use. ]
[This verb is regular. But waft was formerly used by some writers for wafted. ]

 

WAFT

v.i.To float; to be moved or to pass in a bouyant medium. And now the shouts waft near the citadel.

 

WAFT

n.A floating body; also, a signal displayed from a ships stern, by hoisting an ensign furled in a roll, to the head of the staff.

 

WAFTAGE

n.Conveyance or transportation through a bouyant medium, as air or water. [Not in use. ]

 

WAFTED

pp. Borne or conveyed through air or water.

 

WAFTER

n. 1. He or that which wafts; a passage boat.
2. The conductor of vessels at sea; an old word.

 

WAFTING

ppr. Carrying through a bouyant medium.

 

WAFTURE

n.The act of waving. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WAFT

Waft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Wafting. ] Etym: [Prob. originally imp. & p. p. of wave, v. t. See Wave to waver. ]

 

1. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon. [Obs. ] But soft: who wafts us yonder Shak.

 

2. To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel. A gentle wafting to immortal life. Milton. Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole. Pope.

 

3. To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy. [Obs. ] Sir T. Browne.

 

Note: This verb is regular; but waft was formerly somwafted.

 

WAFT

WAFT Waft, v. i.

 

Defn: To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float. And now the shouts waft near the citadel. Dryden.

 

WAFT

WAFT Waft, n.

 

1. A wave or current of wind. "Everywaft of the air. " Longfellow. In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the burden of whole wintry plains In one wide waft. Thomson.

 

2. A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.

 

3. An unpleasant flavor. [Obs. ]

 

4. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag. [Written also wheft. ]

 

Note: A flag with a waft in it, when hoisted at the staff, or half way to the gaff, means, a man overboard; at the peak, a desire to communicate; at the masthead, "Recall boats."

 

WAFTAGE

WAFTAGE Waft "age, n.

 

Defn: Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water. Shak. Boats prepared for waftage to and fro. Drayton.

 

WAFTER

WAFTER Waft "er, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, wafts. O Charon, Thou wafter of the soul to bliss or bane. Beau. & FL.

 

2. A boat for passage. Ainsworth.

 

WAFTURE

WAFTURE Waf "ture, n.

 

Defn: The act of waving; a wavelike motion; a waft. R. Browning. An angry wafture of your hand. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

waft

waft |wäft, waft wɑft | ▶verb pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air: [ no obj. ] : the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe | [ with obj. ] : each breeze would waft pollen around the house. ▶noun a gentle movement of air. • a scent or odor carried on such a movement of air. ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘escort (a ship )’): back-formation from obsolete wafter ‘armed convoy vessel, ’ from Low German and Dutch wachter, from wachten ‘to guard. ’ A sense ‘convey by water ’ gave rise to the current use of the verb.

 

Oxford Dictionary

waft

waft |wɒft, wɑːft | ▶verb (with reference to a scent, sound, etc. ) pass or cause to pass gently through the air: [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] : the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe | [ with obj. and adverbial of direction ] : each breeze would waft pollen round the house. • [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] move with a gliding motion: models wafted down the catwalk in filmy organza skirts. ▶noun 1 a gentle movement of air. • a scent carried in the air. 2 (also weft ) Nautical, historical a knotted ensign, garment, etc. displayed by a ship as a signal. [perhaps related to Scots and northern waff ‘a signal, waving of something in the hand ’, a variant of wave . ] ORIGIN early 16th cent. (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.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

waft

waft verb 1 smoke wafted through the air: drift, float, glide, whirl, travel. 2 a breeze wafted the smell toward us: convey, carry, transport, bear; blow, puff.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

waft

waft verb 1 spicy smells wafted through the air: drift, float, glide, whirl, travel, be carried, be borne, be conveyed, be transported. 2 a breeze wafted the smell of barbecued lamb kebabs towards us: convey, transport, transmit, carry, bear; blow, puff.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

waft

waft /wɑːft , ｟米 ｠wæft , ｟英 ｠wɔft /動詞 自動詞 〈音 におい 煙などが 〉ふわりと漂う, 飛ぶ (up, along, off ) (!副詞 を伴う ) .他動詞 〈そよ風などが 〉〈音 におい 煙など 〉を (空中に )漂わせる, ふわりと運ぶ (!副詞 を伴う ) .名詞 C ひと吹きの風, 微風 ; 漂ってくるにおい [煙, 音 ].