English Explanatory Dictionary

maft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drift
  2. To be stifled or overpowered by a lack of air, the heat, etc.; to be out of breath.
  3. To be hot (temperature-wise).

Word forms

maft mafts mafting mafted meft

Etymology

Possibly from an alteration of Middle English maght, mauȝt (“might”). More at might. Compare Scots maucht (“to deprive of strength, wear out, exhaust, defeat”, verb).

Synonyms

swelter
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