verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a smell wafts somewhere (= moves there through the air )
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The smells wafting up the stairs from the kitchen were making her feel hungry.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
over
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A breath of cold, fresh air wafted over his face, as the heavy wooden square eased up a few inches.
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The stink of hops hanging in the air, wafted over from Wandsworth breweries.
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A cloud of cigarette smoke hangs over the group, slowly wafting over the television set and out through the open window.
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As they were working, the smell of puris frying wafted over from the houses round the square.
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With lights and sounds, the aroma of malt, hops and barley is gently wafted over the audience.
up
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A smell of bacon and eggs wafted up from the kitchen.
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The smoke wafted up my nose like incense.
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Later in the evening the sound of loud laughter wafted up through the open window, and even snatches of a song.
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The scent of tobacco was wafted up the stairs.
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And all the while Shelly's smelly libido was wafting up my nose, calling me to her.
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When the wind was wrong, the putrid stench was wafted up across the fields.
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The faint smell of cannabis wafts up my nostrils, as the stale odour comes from Clary.
■ NOUN
smell
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The smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafés.
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The smell of money is wafting through the pines.
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An unpleasant smell seemed to waft from the airline bag Mary always carried to school.
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The smell of frankincense wafted over us as it had at the monasteries.
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Not only was it gaudy in appearance but the smell wafting from the kitchen was distinctly malodorous.
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Soon there are delicious smells wafting through the house.
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As they were working, the smell of puris frying wafted over from the houses round the square.
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The faint smell of cannabis wafts up my nostrils, as the stale odour comes from Clary.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A smell of bacon and eggs wafted up from the kitchen.
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An unpleasant smell seemed to waft from the airline bag Mary always carried to school.
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Around eight o'clock the sound of distant brass bands can again be heard wafting in through the bedroom windows.
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But still, always wafting on the air here, are the screams and laughter of happy customers.
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Downtown Atlanta is normally an unhurried place where the noontime odor of fried chicken wafts through the thick humidity.
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The chef also goes with scallops, and as we both eat contentedly, classical music wafts softly throughout the well-appointed room.