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{"id": "waft", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "waft", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"entries": [{"etymologies": ["early 16th century (in the sense \u2018escort a ship\u2019): back-formation from obsolete wafter (used only by opponents of the practice) \u2018armed convoy vessel\u2019, from Low German, Dutch wachter, from wachten \u2018to guard\u2019. A sense \u2018convey by water\u2019 gave rise to the current use of the verb"], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/waft_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "w\u0252ft"}, {"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/waft_gb_3.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "w\u0251\u02d0ft"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["(with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air"], "examples": [{"notes": [{"text": "no object, with adverbial of direction", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "text": "the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe"}, {"notes": [{"text": "with object and adverbial of direction", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "text": "each breeze would waft pollen round the house"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1137100.008", "shortDefinitions": ["pass or cause to pass gently through air"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["move with a gliding motion"], "examples": [{"text": "models wafted down the catwalk in filmy organza skirts"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1137100.023", "notes": [{"text": "no object, with adverbial of direction", "type": "grammaticalNote"}], "shortDefinitions": ["move with gliding motion"]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "drift"}, {"language": "en", "text": "float"}, {"language": "en", "text": "glide"}, {"language": "en", "text": "whirl"}, {"language": "en", "text": "travel"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be carried"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be borne"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be conveyed"}, {"language": "en", "text": "be transported"}, {"language": "en", "text": "convey"}, {"language": "en", "text": "transport"}, {"language": "en", "text": "transmit"}, {"language": "en", "text": "carry"}, {"language": "en", "text": "bear"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "waft", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0016044.001"}, {"entry_id": "waft", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0016044.002"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "waft"}, {"entries": [{"pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/waft_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "w\u0252ft"}, {"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/waft_gb_3.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "w\u0251\u02d0ft"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["a gentle movement of air."], "id": "m_en_gbus1137100.026", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "wind", "text": "Wind"}], "shortDefinitions": ["gentle movement of air"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["a scent carried in the air"], "examples": [{"text": "from the kitchen comes a waft of roasting meat"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1137100.032", "semanticClasses": [{"id": "odour", "text": "Odour"}], "shortDefinitions": ["scent carried in air"]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "current of air"}, {"language": "en", "text": "rush of air"}, {"language": "en", "text": "breath"}, {"language": "en", "text": "whiff"}, {"language": "en", "text": "waft"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wind"}, {"language": "en", "text": "breeze"}, {"language": "en", "text": "gust"}, {"language": "en", "text": "puff"}, {"language": "en", "text": "blast"}, {"language": "en", "text": "gale"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "draught", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0004444.001"}]}, {"definitions": ["a knotted ensign, garment, etc. displayed by a ship as a signal."], "domainClasses": [{"id": "nautical", "text": "Nautical"}], "domains": [{"id": "nautical", "text": "Nautical"}], "etymologies": [
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