waft

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

   A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.

2. verb To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
3. verb To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
4. noun A light breeze.
5. noun Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.
6. noun A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
7. noun A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.

Similar words

drift streamer pennon pennant whiff float wave volume waft off flow

Often followed by

of the them me him a through us it her

Word family

wafted wafter wafters wafting wafts