Synonyms of the word

waft

• v. (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
• v. (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
• v. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
• n. A light breeze.
• n. Something (such as an odor or scent like a perfume) that is carried through the air.
• n. (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif,…

blow

• adj. (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
• v. (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• v. (transitive) To propel by an air current.
• v. (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• v. (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
• v. To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• v. To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
• v. (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while…
• v. (intransitive) To explode.
• v. (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly…
• v. (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
• v. (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
• v. (intransitive, slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck).
• v. (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• v. (transitive, vulgar) To fellate.
• v. (transitive) To leave.
• v. To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
• v. (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• v. (obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• v. (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
• v. (slang, informal, African American Vernacular) To sing.
• n. A strong wind.
• n. (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
• n. (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• n. (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
• n. (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
• n. The act of striking or hitting.
• n. A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
• n. A damaging occurrence.
• v. To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
• n. A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
• n. A display of anything brilliant or bright.
• n. A bloom, state of flowering.

drift

• n. (physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
• n. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
• n. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
• n. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention;…
• n. (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
• n. (handiwork) A tool.
• n. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
• n. (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an…
• n. (nautical) Movement.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
• v. (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
• v. (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
• v. (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
• v. (transitive) To drive into heaps.
• v. (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
• v. (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence…
• v. (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
• v. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner…

flag

• n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
• n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
• n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or…
• n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
• n. (construction) Abbreviation of flagstone: a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or…
• n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
• n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically…
• n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise…
• n. (Britain) An abbreviation for capture the flag.
• n. (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally,…
• n. (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space…
• v. To furnish or deck out with flags.
• v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
• v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
• v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
• v. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
• v. (computing) To signal (an event).
• v. (computing) To set a program variable to true.
• v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
• v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
• v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
• n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
• n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
• n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
• n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
• v. To lay down flagstones.
• n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
• n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
• n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
• n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value.

float

• v. (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object…
• v. (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.
• v. (intransitive) To be capable of floating.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating.
• v. (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.
• v. (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.
• v. (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
• v. (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed…
• v. (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.
• v. (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public,…
• v. (transitive) To use a float (tool).
• v. (poker) To perform a float.
• v. (computing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
• n. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
• n. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
• n. A float board.
• n. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
• n. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
• n. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
• n. (Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
• n. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
• n. (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in…
• n. (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet…
• n. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
• n. (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
• n. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.
• n. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
• n. (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing…
• n. (knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
• n. (automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
• n. (transport) a lowboy trailer.
• n. (tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as…
• n. (obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.
• n. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.
• n. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
• n. (Britain, dated) A coal cart.
• n. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
• n. (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.

pennant

• n. A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
• n. (sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
• n. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

pennon

• n. A thin triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
• n. (nautical) A pennant; a long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.
• n. A wing; a pinion.

streamer

• n. A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
• n. Strips of paper or other material used as confetti.
• n. A newspaper headline that runs across the entire page.
• n. (heading) Of computing.
• n. (fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
• n. (mining) One who searches for stream tin.
• n. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora…