Meanings
verbmaft (third-person singular simple present mafts, present participle mafting, simple past and past participle mafted)
present singular third person mafts · participle present mafting · participle past mafted · past mafted · alternative meft
- Northern EnglandTo drift
- Northern EnglandintransitiveTo be stifled or overpowered by a lack of air, the heat, etc.; to be out of breath.
- Northern EnglandintransitiveTo be hot (temperature-wise).
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Origin
- Middle Englishmaght
- Englishmaft
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).
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maft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maft
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“maft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maft. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maft,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maft.
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