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English

Alternative spellings

(UK:) draught (for some of the meanings)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /drɑːft/,
  • IPA: /dræft/
  • : Homophones: draught
  • :


Noun

  1. an early version of a written work
  2. : I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
  3. a preliminary sketch, rough outline
  1. Depth of water needed to float ship [also spelled draught]
  2. a current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught]
  3. a cheque, an order for money to be paid
  4. an amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught]
  5. : She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
  6. conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military
  7. : He left the country to avoid the draft.
  8. a system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams


Translations

  • Dutch: kladversie
  • Finnish:
  • French: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Entwurf|m}}
  • Italian:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|skisse|c}}, {{t-|no|utkast|n}}
  • Portuguese: rascunho
  • Swedish: skiss
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|下書き|tr=shitagaki|sc=Jpan}}
  • German: {{t-|no|Tiefgang|m}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|průvan|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Zugluft|f}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|trekk|m}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|slurk|m}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|verneplikt|m}}, {{t-|no|tvungen militærtjeneste|m}}

Verb

  1. to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
  2. write a law
  3. to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
  4. * He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
  5. to select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
  6. * The calves were drafted from the cows.
  7. to force or convince a person to do a job they do not want to do
  8. * They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
  9. to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
  10. * After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
  11. to follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed.


Translations

  • German: ,
  • Czech:

Adjective

  1. Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled
  2. : I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.


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Etymology

From draw

Noun

  1. nautical chart


Usage notes

Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer1.

Synonyms


Category:no:Nautical

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Draft \Draft\ (dr[.a]ft), n. [The same word as draught. OE.
draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See Draw, and cf.
Draught.]
1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as
Draught.
[1913 Webster]

Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G.
Goodrich.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army,
or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from
any district, or any company or collection of persons, or
from the people at large; also, the body of men thus
drafted.
[1913 Webster]

Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by
drafts to serve for the year. --Marshall.
[1913 Webster]

3. An order from one person or party to another, directing
the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
[1913 Webster]

I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till
advice was received of the progress of the loan. --
A. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]

4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of
goods. -- Simmonds.
[1913 Webster]

5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
in outline; a delineation. See Draught.
[1913 Webster]

6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or
completed. See Draught.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Masonry)
(a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked
differently from the rest of its face.
(b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the
edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the
stone-cutter.
[1913 Webster]

8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a
millstone.
[1913 Webster]

9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See
Draught.
[1913 Webster]

10. A current of air. Same as Draught.
[1913 Webster]

11. A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.
[PJC]

12. The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large
container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
[PJC]

13. A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney,
stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney
draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal
dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be
parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Draft \Draft\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as
vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught; as, a draft
horse.
[1913 Webster]

2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air. Same as Draught.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,
are both in approved use.
[1913 Webster]

Draft box, Draft engine, Draft horse, Draft net,
Draft ox, Draft tube. Same as Draught box, {Draught
engine}, etc. See under Draught.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drafting.]
1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
[1913 Webster]

2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
[1913 Webster]

3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any
district, company, or society; to detach; to select;
especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a
population to serve in the armed forces.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like
him achieve such a position of responsibility in the
army? Radar: He was drafted. --M*A*S*H (the
movie)

Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they
drafted novices to supply their colleges and
temples. -- Holwell.
[1913 Webster]

4. To transfer by draft.
[1913 Webster]

All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet draft
n 1: a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one
person or bank on another [syn: bill of exchange, {order
of payment}]
2: a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
[syn: draught]
3: a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: {rough
drawing}]
4: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
"they served beer on draft" [syn: draught, potation, tipple]
5: preliminary version of a written work [syn: draft copy]
6: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially
when loaded) [syn: draught]
7: a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
8: a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn:
draught]
9: compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster,
selective service]
10: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single
gulp" [syn: gulp, draught, swig]
11: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draught,
drawing]
v 1: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"
[syn: outline]
2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: enlist, muster in]
[ant: discharge]
3: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draught]
Moby Dictionary
CD , IOU , MO , abbreviation , abbreviature , abrege , abridgment ,
abstract , acceptance , acceptance bill , adumbrate , air current ,
arrangement , article , attraction , autograph , bag , bang ,
bank acceptance , bank check , beverage , bill , bill of draft ,
bill of exchange , black and white , blackmail , blank check , bleed ,
block in , block out , blueprint , booster , booster dose ,
booster shot , boot , brainchild , brief , broach , brouillon , bumper ,
call , call for , call up , call-up , capsule , cartoon , certificate ,
certificate of deposit , certified check , chalk , chalk out ,
characterize , charcoal , charcoal drawing , chart , check , checkbook ,
cheque , chiaroscuro , claim , color , commandeer , commercial paper ,
compend , compose , composition , compulsory military service ,
computer printout , concoct , condensation , condensed version ,
conscript , conscription , conspectus , contribution , contrive , copy ,
copy out , crayon , crosscurrent , crosshatch , current ,
current of air , dash off , daub , debenture , decant , deck , delineate ,
delineation , demand , demand bill , demand draft , demand for , depict ,
design , detach , detach for service , devise , diagram , digest ,
displacement , document , doodle , dose , downdraft , draft call ,
draft off , drafted man , draftee , drafting , drag , drain , dram , draw ,
draw from , draw off , draw up , drawing , drayage , drench , drink ,
drop , dropping , drug packet , due bill , duty , ebauche , edit ,
edited version , edition , elevation , empty , enface , engross ,
engrossment , enlist , enlistee , enlistment , enroll , enrollee ,
enrollment , epitome , esquisse , essay , exaction , exchequer bill ,
exhaust , extortion , extortionate demand , extraction , fabricate ,
fair copy , fall wind , fashion , fiction , figure , final draft ,
finished version , first draft , fix , flimsy , flow of air ,
following wind , forge , form , formulate , frame , gargle , graph ,
ground plan , gulp , guzzle , hatch , haul , haulage , hauling , head ,
head wind , heave , heaving , heavy demand , hit , holograph ,
house plan , hymnal , hymnbook , ichnography , imposition , impost ,
impress , impressment , indent , indraft , induct , inductee , induction ,
inflow , inhalation , injection , inrush , inscribe , insistent demand ,
inspiration , instrumental score , invent , jetstream , jigger , join ,
jolt , katabatic wind , lap , let , let blood , let out , letter ,
letter of credit , levy , libation , libretto , limn , line ,
line drawing , list , literae scriptae , literary artefact ,
literary production , literature , lucubration , lug , lute tablature ,
mainlining , make , make a recension , make out , manufacture ,
manuscript , matter , milk , mobilization , mobilize , money order ,
monsoon , movement of air , music , music paper , music roll ,
musical notation , musical score , muster , muster in , narcotic shot ,
negotiable instrument , nip , nonfiction , nonnegotiable demand ,
notation , note , note of hand , notice , opera , opera score , opus ,
orchestral score , order , original , outline , overdose , overview ,
paint , paint a picture , pandect , paper , parchment , part , pastel ,
pattern , peg , pen , pen-and-ink , pencil , pencil drawing , penscript ,
phlebotomize , piano score , picture , picturize , piece ,
piece of writing , pipette , plan , play , plot , poem , popping ,
portion , portray , postal order , potation , potion , precis , prepare ,
press , printed matter , printout , production , profile , project ,
projection , promissory note , prospectus , pull , pulling ,
pulling power , pump , pump out , push the pen , put in writing , quaff ,
raise , raw recruit , reading matter , recense , recension , record ,
recruit , recruiting , recruitment , requirement , requisition , review ,
revise , rewrite , rookie , rough , rough copy , rough draft , rough in ,
rough out , rough outline , rough sketch , round , round of drinks ,
rubric , rush , rush order , score , scratch , screed , scribe , scrip ,
script , scrive , scroll , scumble , selectee , selective service ,
shade , shape , sheet music , short score , shortened version , shot ,
sight bill , sight draft , sign on , sign up , silhouette ,
silver-print drawing , sinkage , sinopia , sip , siphon , siphon off ,
skeleton , sketch , skin-popping , slurp , snifter , snort , songbook ,
songster , spill ink , spoil paper , spot , stencil , strain , stream ,
stream of air , study , submergence , submersion , suck , suck out ,
summon , summons , sup , superscribe , survey , swig , swill , syllabus ,
synopsis , tablature , table , tail wind , tap , tax , taxing ,
tenderfoot , text , the written word , thumbnail sketch , time bill ,
time draft , tint , topical outline , tot , towage , towing , trace ,
tracing , traction , tractive , tractive power , trade acceptance ,
trainee , transcribe , transcript , transcription , treasury bill ,
tribute , tug , tug-of-war , tugging , type , typescript , ultimatum ,
undercurrent , updraft , venesect , version , vignette , vocal score ,
voucher , warning , warrant , wet , wind , work , working drawing , write ,
write down , write out , writing , written music


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