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| 1. | [ verb ] (writing) draw up an outline or sketch for something | |
| Synonyms: | outline rough | |
| Examples: | "draft a speech" |
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| Related terms: | write writing drafting drafter | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (military) engage somebody to enter the army | |
| Synonyms: | enlist muster_in | |
| Related terms: | discharge enroll conscript recruitment recruit conscription | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (meteorology) a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle) | |
| Synonyms: | air_current draught | |
| Related terms: | wind updraft downdraft thermal | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (fine art) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture | |
| Synonyms: | rough_drawing | |
| Related terms: | sketch blueprint | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (writing,banking) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another | |
| Synonyms: | order_of_payment bill_of_exchange | |
| Related terms: | negotiable_instrument check money_order dividend_warrant redraft inland_bill trade_acceptance bank_draft acceptance foreign_bill sight_draft time_draft overdraft | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (writing) preliminary version of a written work | |
| Synonyms: | draft_copy | |
| Related terms: | text | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (food) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | |
| Synonyms: | draught tipple potation | |
| Examples: | "they served beer on draft" |
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| Related terms: | drink quaff tipple | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a dose of liquid medicine | |
| Synonyms: | draught | |
| Examples: | "he took a sleeping draft" |
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| Related terms: | dose | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (biology) a large and hurried swallow | |
| Synonyms: | gulp swig draught | |
| Examples: | "he finished it at a single gulp" |
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| Related terms: | swallow gulp | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace | |
| Related terms: | regulator | |
| 11. | [ noun ] the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | |
| Synonyms: | draught | |
| Related terms: | depth | |
| 12. | [ verb ] make a blueprint of | |
| Synonyms: | draught blueprint | |
| Related terms: | design blueprint | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (military) compulsory military service | |
| Synonyms: | conscription selective_service muster | |
| Related terms: | mobilization levy military conscript | |
| 14. | [ noun ] the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | |
| Synonyms: | drawing draught | |
| Related terms: | pull pull | |
| Similar spelling: |
drafty drafter draftee drift drafting drifter drifting driftage |
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