waft

suomi-englanti sanakirja

waft englannista suomeksi

1. leijailla, leijua

2. leuhahtaa

3. merkinantolippu

0. Verbi

1. leijua, lehahtaa

2. leijua, kellua

3. vilkuttaa

3. Substantiivi

waft englanniksi

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

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2. (quote-book)

3. (quote-journal)

4. (quote-journal) seals England’s stunning comeback against Germany|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/26/germany-england-international-friendly-match-report|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=27 March 2016|passage=(w), playing with a peacock-like spread of feathers, wafted one chance over an exposed net for a miss that was completely out of place with the rest of his display.

5. To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

6. 1675, (w), ''(w)'', London: s.n., (w) 497010563, Act III, scene i; republished as “Aureng-Zebe, a Tragedy”, in (w), editor, ''The Works of John Dryden, now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author, by Walter Scott, Esq.'', volume V, London: Printed for Miller (British publisher)|William Miller, (w), by Ballantyne|James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh, 1808, (w) 317070632, page 226:

Unhappy Aureng-Zebe is in disgrace; / And your Morat, proclaimed the successor, / Is called, to awe the city with his power. / Those trumpets his triumphant entry tell, / And now the shouts waft near the citadel.

7. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

8. (quote-book) but ſoft: who wafts vs yonder.

9. A light breeze.

10. {{quote-text|en|year=1902|author=John Buchan|title=The Outgoing of the Tide

11. Something (such as an odor or perfume) that is carried through the air.

12. (quote-journal)"

13. A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.

14. A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.