draft

Plural: drafts

Noun

• a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
• a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
• a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
• a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
  • "they served beer on draft"
• any of the various versions in the development of a written work
  • "a preliminary draft"
  • "the final draft of the constitution"
• the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
• a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
• a dose of liquid medicine
  • "he took a sleeping draft"
• compulsory military service
• a large and hurried swallow
• the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
• A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
• The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
• An act of drinking.
• The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
• A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
• Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
• The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
• A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
• An unsent e-mail.
• A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
• An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.
• Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
• A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
• A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
• A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
• The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.
• The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
• The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
• The act of drawing in a net for fish.
• That which is drawn in; a catch; a haul.
• A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
• A small stream or tributary.
• A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.
• A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.

Verb

Verb Forms: drafted, drafting, drafts

• To select someone for a specific purpose, often military service.
• draw up an outline or sketch for something
  • "draft a speech"
• engage somebody to enter the army
• make a blueprint of
• To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
• To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
• To write a law.
• To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
• To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
• To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
• To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
• To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
• To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
• To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
• To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
• To draw out; to call forth.
• To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
• To play a collectible card game by selecting from a shared pool of cards.

Adj

• Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
• Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

Examples

• A Clydesdale is a draft horse.
• After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
• He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.
• He left the country to avoid the draft.
• He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
• His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
• I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
• I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
• She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
• shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft
• The calves were drafted from the cows.
• The Scrabble dictionary will draft "DRAFT" as a valid word, unlike some made-up terms.
• There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
• They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
• to drink at a draft
• using oxen for draft

Synonyms

bill of exchange, blueprint, conscription, draft copy, draught, drawing, enlist, gulp, muster, muster in, order of payment, outline, potation, rough drawing, selective service, swig, tipple, slipstream

Antonyms

discharge

Related Words

draw

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