Definitions of draft [æft, drɑft]

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Definition of 'draft'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) draft
a drawing, sketch, or design.

2.  draft
a preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, refinement, etc.

3.  draft
the act of drawing.

4.  draft
a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room or chimney.

5.  draft
a device for regulating the current of air in a fireplace, etc.

6.  draft
an act of drawing or pulling loads.

7.  draft
something that is drawn or pulled; a haul.

8.  draft
an animal or team of animals used to pull a load.

9.  draft
the force required to pull a load.

10.  draft
the taking of supplies, money, etc., from a given source.

11.  draft
a selection of persons, as by lot, for military service, an athletic team, etc.

12.  draft
the persons so selected.

13.  draft
a bill of exchange.

14.  draft
beer or ale drawn from a cask.

15.  draft
an act of drinking or inhaling.

16.  draft
something that is drunk or inhaled; a drink or dose.

17.  draft
the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load.

18.  draft
a quantity of fish caught.

19.  draft
Metall. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.

20.  draft
a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces.

21. (v.t.) draft
to sketch.

22.  draft
to compose.

23.  draft
to draw or pull.

24.  draft
to select by draft, as for military service.

25. (v.i.) draft
to work as a draftsman.

26. (adj.) draft
used for drawing loads:
a draft horse.

27.  draft
drawn from a cask rather than served from a bottle.

28.  draft
being a preliminary outline or sketch.

Definition of 'draft'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) draft, bill of exchange, order of payment
a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

2. (noun) draft, draught
a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

3. (noun) draft, rough drawing
a preliminary sketch of a design or picture

4. (noun) draft, draught, potation, tipple
a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
"they served beer on draft"

5. (noun) draft, draft copy
any of the various versions in the development of a written work
"a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"

6. (noun) draft, draught
the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

7. (noun) draft
a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

8. (noun) draft, draught
a dose of liquid medicine
"he took a sleeping draft"

9. (noun) conscription, muster, draft, selective service
compulsory military service

10. (noun) gulp, draft, draught, swig
a large and hurried swallow
"he finished it at a single gulp"

11. (verb) draft, draught, drawing
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

12. (verb) draft, outline
draw up an outline or sketch for something
"draft a speech"

13. (verb) enlist, draft, muster in
engage somebody to enter the army

14. (verb) blueprint, draft, draught
make a blueprint of

Definition of 'draft'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) draft
one of the versions of a piece of writing, before the final copy
This is my first/second/final draft.

2.  draft
a rough draft
the first draft

3.  draft
cold air blowing into a room
There's a draft in here.

4.  draft
the draft
a system in which young people are required to join the military

5.  draft
on draft
(of beer) served from a barrel

6. (verb) draft
to order sb to join the military
He was drafted into the army.

7.  draft
to write an early version of sth
to draft a bill in the Senate

Definition of 'draft'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) draft
pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught

2. (adj) draft
relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught

3. (verb) draft
to draw the outline of; to delineate

4. (verb) draft
to compose and write; as, to draft a memorial

5. (verb) draft
to draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select

6. (verb) draft
to transfer by draft

Definition of 'draft'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. draft
1. The conscription of qualified citizens in military service. See also active duty; Military Service. 2. The depth of water that a vessel requires to float freely; the depth of a vessel from the water line to the keel. See also watercraft.

Translation of 'draft'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written a rough draft of my speech.
Afrikaans: skets	Arabic: مُسَوَّدَه	Bulgarian: чернова
Brazilian: rascunho	Czech: koncept, návrh, náčrt	German: der Abriß
Danish: udkast; kladde; skitse	Greek: (προ)σχέδιο	Spanish: borrador, esbozo
Estonian: visand	Farsi: پیش نویس	Finnish: vedos
French: brouillon	Hebrew: טְיוֹטָה	Hindi: मसौदा
Croatian: privremeni nacrt	Hungarian: vázlat, fogalmazvány	Indonesian: konsep
Icelandic: drög, uppkast	Italian: abbozzo	Japanese: 草稿
Korean: 초안	Lithuanian: apmatai, projektas	Latvian: projekts; skice; uzmetums
Malay: draf	Dutch: klad, schets	Norwegian: utkast, skisse, konsept
Polish: szkic	Persian: پیش نویس	Pashto: مسوده
Portuguese: rascunho	Romanian: schiţă	Russian: черновик
Slovak: náčrt	Slovenian: osnutek	Serbian: skica
Swedish: utkast, skiss	Thai: ฉบับร่าง	Turkish: taslak, müsvedde, tasarı
Taiwanese: 草稿，草圖	Ukrainian: проект, нарис	Urdu: کسی تقریر یا دستاویز وغیر
Vietnamese: phác thảo	Chinese: 草稿，草图
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