verb

• (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
  "A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils."
• (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
  "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."

noun

• (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif, a wheft.
• (cricket, slang) A loose noncommittal shot, usually played to a ball pitched short of length and well wide of the off stump.