waft

(Anglès)

Verb

1. (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
2. (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
3. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

Noun

1. A light breeze.
2. Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
3. A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
4. (slang) A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wɑft/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: waften

Heretat de anglès antic:

In summary

From Middle English waften, of uncertain origin. Possibly from unattested Old English *wafettan, from wafian (“to wave”) + -ettan, or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch wachten (“to guard, provide for”).
See also German wabern (“to waft”), Faroese veiftra (“to wave”) and Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”).

Conceptes

banderola

bressar

gronxar

gronxolar

Sinònims

float

drift

puff

breath

blow

wave

👋

whiff

blow over

overflow

streamer

pennant

pennon

flutter

wander

hover

waff

rip

scud

signal flag

soar

spread

stream

swell

swim

🏊

swirl

unfounded

unsubstantial

wafture

wing

🪽

code flag

float in the air

follow the wind

nautical signal flag

aura

bear along

billow

blowing

bob

breathing

breeze

buoy

carry

current

empty

exceed

fly

✈️

groundless

hang

meander

reach

Traduccions

wehen

soffio

levitar

souffle m

zweven

soplo

σκορπίζω

μεταφέρω

bouffée

voeren

Hauch m

Lufthauch m

vom Wind getragen werden

angeweht werde

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