draught
Dictionary
noun
- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- An act of drinking.
- The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
"She took a deep draft from the bottle of water."
- A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
- Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.
- An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
"His first drafts were better than most authors' final products."
- A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
- Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
"He left the country to avoid the draft."
- 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.
- (possibly obsolete) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
"using oxen for draft shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft"
- (possibly obsolete) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
- (possibly obsolete) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
"he cast his net, which brought him a very great draft"
- A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
Synonyms:swig
verb
- To write a first version, 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 conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
"He was drafted during the Vietnam War."
- To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
"There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President."
- To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
"The calves were drafted from the cows."
- To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
"After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins."
- 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.
noun
- A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
- Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
- A mild vesicatory.
- An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
- Any picture or drawing.
- A sudden attack upon an enemy.
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