WAFT vs DRIFT: NOUN
- A flag, (also called a waif or wheft), used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal.
- A flag used for signaling or indicating wind direction.
- A light breeze.
- A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
- An unpleasant flavor.
- A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
- A wave or current of wind.
- Nautical, a signal displayed from a ship by hoisting a flag rolled up length wise with one or more stops.
- A transient odor or effluvium.
- That which is blown; a breath; a blast; a puff.
- The act of one who or that which wafts; a sweep; a beckoning. Also spelled weft.
- Something (a scent or odor), such as a perfume, that is carried through the air.
- A long flag; often tapering
- Something, such as an odor, that is carried through the air.
- A light breeze; a rush of air.
- The act or action of fluttering or waving.
- In oceanography, a broad and shallow current which advances at, a rate of ten or fifteen miles a day, like that which crosses the middle North Atlantic.
- A process of linguistic change over a period of time
- The gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- A force that moves something along
- Something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- A general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- General meaning or tenor
- A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- A driving; a force impelling or urging forward; impulse; hence, figuratively, overbearing power or influence.
- Anything driven; especially, an assemblage or a number of things or animals driven, or impelled by any kind of force: as, a drift of trees in a torrent; a drift of cattle (a drove); a drift of bullets.
- Hence A heap of any matter driven together: as, a drift of snow, or a snow-drift; a drift of sand.
- The amount by which a ship is drifted by the action of a current, wind, or sea.
- The flow of a current.
- A gradual change in the output of a circuit or amplifier.
- Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
- A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.
- A gradual change in position.
- General meaning or purport; tenor.
- A general trend or tendency, as of opinion. : tendency.
- Rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.
- A bank or pile, as of sand or snow, heaped up by currents of air or water.
- Something moving along in a current of air or water.
- The rate of flow of a water current.
- In aëronautics, the tendency of an object supported in the air (as a kite or a bird) to move in the direction of the air; opposed to lift or the ascensional force.
- A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.
- A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
- A drove or herd, especially of swine.
- In turpentining, a subdivision of the crop, usually 2,100 boxes or cups.
- The catch of fish taken in a drift-net.
- A drift-net.
- A set of fishing-nets.
- A conical steel pin used by riveters or fitters to drift or force two holes not quite in line with each other, so that the openings will coincide and let the rivet or bolt pass through.
- The place in the sheer where the rails are cut off.
- A tool for ramming or driving something down.
WAFT vs DRIFT: VERB
- Be driven or carried along, as by the air
- To cause to float easily or gently through the air
- Blow gently
- Vary or move from a fixed point or course
- Be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- Be subject to fluctuation
- Drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- Cause to be carried by a current
- Move in an unhurried fashion
- Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- Be in motion due to some air or water current
- Wander from a direct course or at random
WAFT vs DRIFT: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
- To float easily and gently, as on the air; drift.
- To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water.
- To be carried along by currents of air or water.
- To proceed or move unhurriedly or aimlessly.
- To live or behave without a clear purpose or goal.
- To have no continuing focus; stray.
- To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation.
- To be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of a current.
- To cause to be carried in a current.
- To pile up in banks or heaps.
- To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.
WAFT vs DRIFT: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
- To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium.
- To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
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WAFT vs DRIFT: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To cast lightly and quickly; turn.
- To buoy up; cause to float; keep from sinking.
- A long flag
- Often tapering
- To bear through a fluid or buoyant medium; convey through or as through water or air.
- To be moved or to pass in a buoyant medium; float.
- To give notice by something in motion; signal to, as by waving the hand; beckon.
- To drive specifically, to drive by striking a set, pin, or block aced against the object to be driven.
- To enlarge or shape a hole by the use of a drift-pin.
- To float or be driven along by a current of water or air; be carried at random by the force of the wind or tide; hence, figuratively, to be carried as if by accident or involuntarily into a course of action or state of circumstances.
- To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; be driven into heaps.
- In mining, to run a drift. See drift, n., 6.
- To drive into heaps: as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.
- To cover with drifts or driftage.
- To excavate horizontally or in a horizontal direction; drive. Shafts are sunk; levels or drifts are driven or drifted.
- To delay; put off.
- The pervading meaning or tenor
WAFT vs DRIFT: RELATED WORDS
- Linger, Scent, Redolent, Stench, Permeate, Aroma, Reek, Billow, Smell, Float, Whiff, Streamer, Pennon, Pennant, Drift
- Impetus, Swan, Range, Blow, Freewheel, Heading, Impulsion, Trend, Stray, Roam, Rove, Float, Ramble, Waft, Wander
WAFT vs DRIFT: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Emanate, Linger, Scent, Redolent, Stench, Permeate, Aroma, Reek, Smell, Float, Whiff, Streamer, Pennon, Pennant, Drift
- Gallery, Cast, Vagabond, Impetus, Swan, Range, Blow, Heading, Trend, Stray, Roam, Rove, Float, Waft, Wander
WAFT vs DRIFT: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Your fragrance will waft through the air and caress his nostrils when he goes back to bed.
- The smells and sounds waft towards the delirious patient.
- Manufacturers are spending more to design packages that blink, beep, yell and waft scents at shoppers.
- Spicy scents waft from the kitchen followed by an abundance of delicious trans-himalayan cuisine.
- He plucks a hair from my head and lets it waft down into the haze.
- A gentle breeze begins to waft before noon as the sun's heat grows stronger.
- On a warm day, its minty odour can waft for some distance.
- And winds shall waft it to the powers above.
- Savory aromas waft from deep within the pile.
- Waft, waft ye winds, His story, and you, ye waters roll, till like a sea of glory it spreads from pole to pole.
- That said, everyone lets their attention drift sometimes.
- Whenever you cycle Astral Drift or cycle another card while Astral Drift is on the battlefield, you may exile target creature.
- Some minor calibration drift is acceptable because the effect of any drift will be corrected during the reduction of the assay data.
- Drift loss is small compared to evaporation and blowdown and is controlled with baffles and drift eliminators.
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- Like all other Drift Events, focus on earning the higher drift score rather than reaching point B first.
- In the DDM with variant drift rates, we drew drift rate from a Gaussian distribution for each trial.
- Using a special stepped drift and working very quickly, drift the new guide into place.
WAFT vs DRIFT: QUESTIONS
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