verb, noun
verb [+adv./prep.] to move, or make sth move, gently through the air:
[V] The sound of their voices wafted across the lake. * Delicious smells wafted up from the kitchen. * [VN] The scent of the flowers was wafted along by the breeze.
noun (written) a smell or a line of smoke carried through the air:
wafts of perfume / smoke
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