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a slight or gentle movement of air
- wafts carrying the scent of spring flowers
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to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air
- a feather wafted past us and settled on the grass
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“Waft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waft. Accessed 22 Oct. 2021.
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