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Another word for waft

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Verb
      1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
      2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
      3. An unexpected attack; an assault.
      1. To remain suspended within or on the surface of a fluid without sinking.
      2. To be suspended in or move through space as if supported by a liquid.
      3. To move from place to place, especially at random.
      1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to spread; pass on:
      3. To impart or convey to others by heredity.
      1. To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
      2. To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
      3. To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
      1. To take or carry from one place to another; transport.
      2. To serve as a medium of transmission for; transmit:
      3. To communicate or make known; impart:
    See also:

    carry

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Sentence Examples

  • Waft the fumes toward your nose by waving your hand over the container opening in the direction toward your nose.

  • If you don't have a tub to soak in, sprinkle some salt over your shower's floor - the aroma will waft up and create an instant aromatherapeutic environment.

  • waft out onto the street from one of Shanghai's many department stores.

  • In Valeriana the superior calyx is at first an obsolete rim, but as the fruit ripens it is shown to consist of hairs rolled inwards, which expand so as to waft the fruit.

  • Heavy bass tones waft out onto the street from one of Shanghai 's many department stores.

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