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# waft

verb (wafts, wafted, wafting)

«waft» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To waft is to move gently through the air, like a light breeze carrying something along. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waft/#m1)
2. (old use) To waft is to carry someone or something away over water or through the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waft/#m2)

### In the lessons

a light thing moving gently on air; in tales a ship or a spirit is wafted away or to heaven

### Examples

- The smell of bread wafted from the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waft/#x1)
- A feather wafted down from the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waft/#x2)
- The cloud wafted slowly across the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waft/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «waft» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/waft/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«waft» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waft.html) on Mova free.