draft
IPA: drˈæft
noun
- (American spelling) A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- (American spelling) The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- (American spelling) An act of drinking.
- (American spelling) The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- (American spelling) A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
- (American spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- (American spelling, nautical) 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.
- (universal) An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
- (universal) A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
- (universal) A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
- (US, usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
- (politics, US) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
- (sports, US) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
- (American spelling, rail transport) 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.
- (American spelling, possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
- (American spelling, possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
- (American spelling, possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
- (British, possibly archaic) A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
verb
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, US) To conscript a person, 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.
- (transitive, sports, US) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
adjective
- (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
- Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
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Examples of "draft" in Sentences
- I need to edit the draft.
- The peacetime draft was in 1940.
- He wrote the majority of the draft.
- The draft stuff is optional on the template.
- I got the links to the draft of the article.
- Is there anything libellous in the current draft
- The draft began with the drawing of the draft order.
- I have been remiss in not preparing drafts of the other plans.
- He was drafted in the third round of the amateur draft by the Phillies.
- The first draft of the book is done and Rick is working on the revisions.