<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to carry lightly and smoothly through the air or over water: The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.</li><li>to send or convey lightly, as if in flight: The actress wafted kisses to her admirers in the audience.</li><li>Obsolete: to signal to, summon, or direct by waving.</li><li>(used without object) to float or be carried, especially through the air: The sound wafted on the breeze. The music wafted across the lake.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A sound, odor, etc., faintly perceived: a waft of perfume.</li><li>A wafting movement; light current or gust: a waft of air.</li><li>The act of wafting.</li><li>Also Nautical: a signal given by waving a flag.</li></ul>