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Synonyms for wafting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : waft, wahft
Phonetic Transcription : wæft, wɑft

Définition of wafting

Origin :
  • 1510s, "to carry over water," back-formation from obsolete wafter "convoy ship" (late 15c.), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter "a guard," from wachten "to guard," related to waken "rouse from sleep" (see wake (n.1)). The meaning "pass through air or space, float" is first attested 1704, and possibly shows some influence of northern dialect waff "cause to move to and fro" (1510s), a variant of wave. Related: Wafted; wafting.
  • verb carry
Example sentences :
  • "Sit down," she said, wafting herself into a chair, and he obeyed her.
  • Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells
  • I pictured my last vision of her upon the hill, wafting me a farewell.
  • Extract from : « The Sequel » by George A. Taylor
  • That his return was heralded by wafting breezes with whisky laden.
  • Extract from : « The Job » by Sinclair Lewis
  • Other hands were on him, wafting him up the stairs as though riding a gale.
  • Extract from : « Stover at Yale » by Owen Johnson
  • A wafting of the spring smells came in at his back, and he stood with his bonnet in his hand.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Pibroch » by Neil Munro
  • The winds and waves are wafting thousands to the land of refuge.
  • Extract from : « Spencer's Letters » by Orson Spencer
  • The wind gently rustled in the trees, wafting the perfume of flowers.
  • Extract from : « Old Fritz and the New Era » by Louise Muhlbach
  • And, with the gentle breath of June wafting sweet perfume from a wealth of new-born roses, they laid her away.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • A cool breeze had sprung up, and was wafting aside the cloud-like fog.
  • Extract from : « Injun and Whitey to the Rescue » by William S. Hart
  • The moment was critical, for the wind was baffling, now wafting the sparks clear away, now whirling them in eddies around us.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever

Antonyms for wafting

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