(v. t.) To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
(v. t.) 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; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
(v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
(v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
(n.) A wave or current of wind.
(n.) A signal made by waving something, as a flag, in the air.
(n.) An unpleasant flavor.
(n.) A knot, or stop, in the middle of a flag.
Example Sentences:
(1) Shorten presented to the world as a wafting, benign cloud.
(2) Great for families, but not those families offended by whiffs of a special herb wafting across the lawn.
(3) I savour the smell of the food stalls as I ride down Whitecross Street market at about 11am, inhaling successive wafts of roasting steak, baking flatbreads, frying onions, toasting cumin seeds, sizzling bacon, curries and chillies and pickles and melting cheese.
(4) Fat sizzles, flour sifts, and delicious smells waft around.
(5) At least 900 airplane flights into and out of Bali and other regional airports were cancelled due to concerns about the ash clouds, which wafted as high as six kilometres (20,000ft) into the air.
(6) Oscar can just about be given the benefit of the doubt after an optimistic fall in front of Bellerín but Cesc Fàbregas deserved all the condemnation that came his way when he wafted his leg in the direction of Santi Cazorla, then plopped to the ground in the vain hope that the referee, Michael Oliver, might be conned.
(7) Danny Welbeck wafted his attempt over the crossbar.
(8) The smell of fried food wafts from the door of the Docks Cafe, which sits in the shadow of Tata Steel’s sprawling Port Talbot steelworks.
(9) Two of them, Shane Long and James Ward-Prowse, undid the home defence in the 83rd minute, only for Ward-Prowse to waft a shot over from 14 yards.
(10) Yet his scatter-gun intelligence had been obvious during a long conversation in which he had wafted through subjects as diverse as depression and discipline, addiction and hope, religion and money – and his complicated feelings towards Haye.
(11) Valencia snatched at his shot and wafted it over the crossbar without really looking up to weigh his options.
(12) 8.52pm GMT Neil Lennon lays down the law Neil Lennon (@OfficialNeil) Contrary to reports there have been no fresh bids for Gary and even if there are they will be rejected..he is NOT for sale January 31, 2013 8.48pm GMT Denials are now wafting out of Upton Park about the reported bid for Diamé.
(13) He tossed Shakespeare into a modern-day, thinly veiled Miami in the electrifying Romeo + Juliet and sent Nicole Kidman wafting, purring and simpering through bohemian Paris in Moulin Rouge!
(14) The air extraction system designed to suck out the humid breath, sweat, skin flakes, hair, dust and pollution wafting up towards the frescoes was almost 20 years old and urgently needed replacing, he said.
(15) And then smile calmly at her back as she switches on the kettle and enjoy the gentle sensation of a breeze wafting through your plush and generous under-arm hair.
(16) Within minutes, the bitter scent of tear-gas had wafted into the hospital grounds, sparking panic that the riot police were coming for them there as well.
(17) But Ameobi wafts a weak header into Hart's arms, a poor effort from a decent position.
(18) carbon dioxide emissions, it has never systematically measured its fugitive methane leaks, which waft from every stage of the gas extraction, processing, and distribution process – from the well casings and the condenser valves to the cracked pipelines under Harlem neighbourhoods.
(19) In Amsterdam, long famous for its coffee shops, identifiable by pictures of marijuana outside and fumes wafting through the door, international experts gathering to discuss cannabis regulation said the international conventions, once so heavily policed by the US, would now be increasingly flouted.
(20) They have the same faces and a lot of moleskin fur – not exactly first class, in other words, but still chic – with arrogant legs and a great waft of perfume about them.” Keun was too much for the Nazis; she fled to Ostend where she took Joseph Roth for her lover.
Want
Definition:
(v. i.) The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing.
(v. i.) Specifically, absence or lack of necessaries; destitution; poverty; penury; indigence; need.
(v. i.) That which is needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt; what is not possessed, and is necessary for use or pleasure.
(v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
(v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing.
(v. t.) To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer we want cooling breezes.
(v. t.) To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
(v. i.) To be absent; to be deficient or lacking; to fail; not to be sufficient; to fall or come short; to lack; -- often used impersonally with of; as, it wants ten minutes of four.
(v. i.) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Zayani reportedly cited the political sensitivity of naturalising Sunni expatriates and wanted to avoid provoking the opposition," the embassy said.
(2) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
(3) I want to be clear; the American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission,” said Obama in a speech to troops at US Central Command headquarters in Florida.
(4) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(5) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(6) Joe, meanwhile, defends her right to say "negro" whenever she wants.
(7) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(8) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(9) Ryzhkov added: "I believe they want to keep him in prison for another three or four years at least, so he is not released until well after the next presidential elections in 2012."
(10) "They wanted to pass it almost like a secret negotiation," she said.
(11) We’ve spoken to them on the phone and they’ve all said they just want to come home.” A total of 93 pupils from Saint-Joseph were on the trip.
(12) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
(13) We know that several hundred thousand investors are likely to want to access their pension pots in the first weeks and months after the start of the new tax year.
(14) Does anybody honestly believe the vast majority of migrants don’t want that too?
(15) Cameron had a legitimate argument, but the marines didn't want to hear it.
(16) The choice is partly technical – what kind of trading arrangement do we want with the EU?
(17) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
(18) Antoine Comte, a lawyer for the Schloss heirs, said all the family wanted was the return of the painting.
(19) "I don't want to go to Zurich, to some anonymous facility; I would want to do it in my own bed.
(20) "Law is all I've ever wanted to do, but it's so competitive.