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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry |
| Synonyms: | be carried, bear, blow, convey, drift, float, ride, transmit, transport |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blast, rush of air, wind |
| Synonyms: | breathe, buffet, drive, exhale, fan, flap, flow, flutter, gasp, heave, huff, inflate, pant, puff, pump, ruffle, rush, stream, swell, swirl, waft, wave, whiff, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle |
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wind or something in the air |
| Synonyms: | aroma, faint breeze, flatus, flutter, gust, odor, puff, sigh, smell, vapor, waft, whiff, zephyr |
Example Sentences
- The smell of fresh coffee beans is supposed to waft through brightly lit cafés fitted with tables and comfortable chairs.
- Cultural ambivalence permeates the city, creating a complexity as rich as the aromas that waft through its spice markets.
- Such an explosion would then waft the uranium and other radioactive particles into the air.
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light wind |
| Synonyms: | air, airflow, breath, current, draft, flurry, gust, puff, waft, whiff, zephyr |
| Main Entry: | carry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transport physical object |
| Synonyms: | backpack, bear, bring, cart, channel, conduct, convey, convoy, displace, ferry, fetch, freight, funnel, give, haul, heft, hoist, import, lift, lug, move, pack, pipe, portage, relay, relocate, remove, schlepp, shift, shoulder, sustain, take, tote, traject, transfer, transmit, transplant, truck, waft |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | float |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie on the surface |
| Synonyms: | be buoyant, bob, drift, glide, hang, hover, move gently, poise, rest on water, ride, sail, skim, slide, slip along, smooth along, stay afloat, swim, waft, wash |
| Antonyms: | drown, sink |
| Main Entry: | glide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move smoothly and quickly on a surface |
| Synonyms: | coast, decline, descend, drift, flit, float, flow, fly, glissade, roll, run, sail, scud, shoot, skate, skim, skip, skirr, slide, slink, slip, slither, smooth along, soar, spiral, stream, trip, waft, wing |
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blast of air |
| Synonyms: | breath, draft, drag, draught, draw, emanation, flatus, flurry, gust, pull, smoke, waft, whiff, wind, wisp |
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