"wafting" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waftings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wafting (plural waftings)
  1. An instance of wafting; the action of something that wafts.
    Sense id: en-wafting-en-noun-O9LfjIwL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wafting
  1. present participle and gerund of waft Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: waft
    Sense id: en-wafting-en-verb-2i3TkGxH

Inflected forms

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