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draft
(drăft)n.
1. A current of air in an enclosed area.
2. A device that regulates the flow or circulation of air.
3.
a. The act of pulling loads; traction.
b. Something that is pulled or drawn; a load.
c. A team of animals used to pull loads.
4. Nautical The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded: a river vessel of shallow draft.
5. A heavy demand on resources.
6. A written order directing the payment of money from an account or fund.
7.
a. A gulp, swallow, or inhalation.
b. The amount taken in by a single act of drinking or inhaling.
c. A measured portion; a dose.
8.
a. The drawing of a liquid, as from a cask or keg.
b. An amount drawn: ordered two drafts of ale.
9.
a. The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty: a candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft by the party convention.
b. Compulsory enrollment in the armed forces; conscription.
c. A body of people selected or conscripted.
10. Sports A system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional teams.
11.
a. The act of drawing in a fishing net.
b. The quantity of fish caught.
12.
a. Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture: a preliminary draft of a report; the final draft of a paper.
b. A representation of something to be constructed.
13. A narrow line chiseled on a stone to guide a stonecutter in leveling its surface.
14. A slight taper given a die to facilitate the removal of a casting.
15. An allowance made for loss in weight of merchandise.
v. draft·ed, draft·ing, drafts
v.tr.
1. To select from a group for some usually compulsory service: drafted into the army.
2. To select from a group for placement on a sports team.
3. To draw up a preliminary version of or plan for.
4. To create by thinking and writing; compose: draft a speech.
v.intr.
1. To work as a drafter.
2. To move, ride, or drive close behind a fast-moving object so as to take advantage of the slipstream, especially in a race.
adj.
Idiom: 1. Suited for or used for drawing heavy loads: oxen and other draft animals.
2. Drawn from a cask or tap: draft beer.
on draft
Drawn from a large container, such as a keg.
[Middle English draught, act of drawing or pulling, from Old English *dreaht; akin to dragan, to draw.]
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draft
(drɑːft)n
1. a plan, sketch, or drawing of something
2. a preliminary outline of a book, speech, etc
3. (Banking & Finance) another word for bill of exchange
4. a demand or drain on something
5. (General Engineering) the divergent duct leading from a water turbine to its tailrace
6. (Military) US selection for compulsory military service
7. (Military) detachment of military personnel from one unit to another
8. (Commerce) commerce an allowance on merchandise sold by weight
9. (Building) a line or narrow border that is chiselled on the surface of a stone to serve as a guide for levelling it
10. Austral and NZ a group of livestock separated from the rest of the herd or flock
vb (tr)
11. to draw up an outline or sketch for something: to draft a speech.
12. to prepare a plan or design of
13. (Military) to detach (military personnel) from one unit to another
14. (Military) chiefly US to select for compulsory military service
15. (Building) to chisel a draft on (stone, etc)
16.
a. to select (cattle or sheep) from a herd or flock
b. to select (farm stock) for sale
n, vb
[C16: variant of draught]
ˈdrafter n
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draft
(dræft, drɑft)n.
1. a drawing, sketch, or design.
2. a preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, refinement, etc.
3. the act of drawing.
4. a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room or chimney.
5. a device for regulating the current of air in a fireplace, etc.
6. an act of drawing or pulling loads.
7. something that is drawn or pulled; a haul.
8. an animal or team of animals used to pull a load.
9. the force required to pull a load.
10. the taking of supplies, money, etc., from a given source.
11. a selection of persons, as by lot, for military service, an athletic team, etc.
12. the persons so selected.
13. a bill of exchange.
14. beer or ale drawn from a cask.
15. an act of drinking or inhaling.
16. something that is drunk or inhaled; a drink or dose.
17. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load.
18. a quantity of fish caught.
19. Metall. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.
20. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces.
v.t. 21. to sketch.
22. to compose.
23. to draw or pull.
24. to select by draft, as for military service.
v.i. 25. to work as a draftsman.
26. Sports. to ride or drive close behind, as a bicycle or automobile, so as to benefit from the reduction in wind resistance created behind the leader.
adj. 27. used for drawing loads: a draft horse.
28. drawn from a cask rather than served from a bottle.
29. being a preliminary outline or sketch.
Idioms: on draft, available to be drawn from a cask: beer on draft.
[1150–1200; c. Old High German traht, Old Norse drāttr; akin to Old English dragan to draw]
draft′a•ble, adj.
draft′er, n.
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draft
1. The conscription of qualified citizens in 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 active duty; Military Service; watercraft.
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 active duty; Military Service; watercraft.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Draft, Draught
a load; the quantity drawn forward; a chosen detachment of men. See also detachment, detail.Examples: draft of bottlers, 1486; of calves, 1830; of cars; of cattle [culled from the herd], 1800; of eels [20 pounds]; of fish; of men, 1813; of sailors, 1890; of soldiers, 1756.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
draught
– draftDraught and draft are both pronounced (/drɑːft/).
1. used as nouns
In British English, a draught is a current of air coming into a room or vehicle.
The draught from the window stirred the papers on her desk.
They used to open the windows and doors to create a draught.
In American English, this is spelled draft.
A draft of steamy air blew out at them and Meers said, 'Jesus, we left the heat on'.
In British English, draughts is a game played by two people with round pieces on a board like a chessboard. This game is called checkers in American English.
In both British and American English, a draft of a letter, book, or speech is an early version of it.
...the change from the first draft to the final printed version.
He showed me the draft of an article he was writing.
2. 'draft' used as a verb
Draft can also be a verb. In both British and American English, when people are drafted somewhere, they are moved there to do a particular job.
Extra staff were drafted from Paris to Rome.
In American English, if you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in one of the armed forces.
I was drafted into the navy.
He took a temporary job while he was waiting to be drafted.
In British English, you usually say that someone is called up.
He was called up for National Service in 1950 and served as a driver with the Royal Signals.
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draft
Past participle: drafted
Gerund: drafting
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Draft
The force required to pull an implement while in operation.
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| Noun | 1. |  draft - a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on anothernegotiable instrument - an unconditional order or promise to pay an amount of money overdraft - a draft in excess of the credit balance foreign bill, foreign draft - a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another inland bill - a bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same country redraft - a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again trade acceptance - a bill of exchange for a specific purchase; drawn on the buyer by the seller and bearing the buyer's acceptance bank draft, banker's draft - a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank dividend warrant - an order of payment (such as a check payable to a shareholder) in which a dividend is paid money order, postal order - a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office banker's acceptance, acceptance - banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank bank check, check, cheque - a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" sight bill, sight draft - a draft payable on presentation time bill, time draft - a draft payable at a specified future date |
| 2. | draft - a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) updraft - a strong upward air current downdraft - a strong downward air current air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" | |
| 3. |  draft - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture | |
| 4. |  draft - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"quaff - a hearty draft drink - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner" | |
| 5. | draft - any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" | |
| 6. | draft - the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | |
| 7. | draft - a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace regulator - any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. | |
| 8. | draft - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" | |
| 9. |  draft - compulsory military service militarisation, militarization, mobilization, mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" levy en masse, levy - the act of drafting into military service armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | |
| 10. |  draft - a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"deglutition, swallow, drink - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" | |
| 11. | draft - the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | |
| Verb | 1. | draft - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" |
| 2. | draft - engage somebody to enter the army | |
| 3. | draft - make a blueprint of |
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draft
noun
1. outline, plan, sketch, version, rough, abstract, blueprint, main points, delineation, preliminary form I rewrote his first draft.
2. money order, bill (of exchange), cheque, postal order The money was payable by a draft.
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
draft
noun3. Compulsory enrollment in military service:
2. To draw up a preliminary plan or version of:
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Translations
تَجْنيدتَجْنيد، فِرْقَه مُجَنَّدَهتَيَّارٌ هَوَائِيّكُمْبيالَه للدَّفِعمُسَوَّدَة
konceptnáčrtprůvanpovolatpříkaz
udkastvekselanvisningindkaldeindkaldelse
lähetamalonkssõjaväekohustussüvistõmbetuul
luonnosluonnostellaviima
nacrtpropuh
fogalmazvány
drög, uppkastgera uppkastherkvaîningkveîja til heròjónustuliîsmannasveit, sveit
下書き隙間風
외풍초안
apmataiatrankinė grupėimti į kariuomenękaro tarnybos vengimaspadaryti apmatus
atlasečeksiesauktiesaukumsizdarīt uzmetumu
ponorprievanvybraný oddiel
osnutekprepihvpoklicati
dragutkast
กระแสลมตั๋วแลกเงิน
bản thảogió lùa
draft
[drɑːft]A. N
2. (Mil) (= detachment) → destacamento m; (= reinforcements) → refuerzos mpl
the draft (US) (Mil) (= conscription) → la llamada a filas, el servicio militar
the draft (US) (Mil) (= conscription) → la llamada a filas, el servicio militar
4. (Comput) → borrador m
5. (US) = draught
B. VT
C. CPD draft agreement N → proyecto m de (un) acuerdo
draft bill N → anteproyecto m de ley
draft board N (US) (Mil) → junta f de reclutamiento
draft card N (US) (Mil) → cartilla f militar
draft dodger N (US) (Mil) → prófugo m
draft excluder N (US) → burlete m
draft law N = draft bill draft horse (US) N → caballo m de tiro
draft letter N → borrador m de carta; (more formal) → proyecto m de carta
draft version N → versión f preliminar
draft bill N → anteproyecto m de ley
draft board N (US) (Mil) → junta f de reclutamiento
draft card N (US) (Mil) → cartilla f militar
draft dodger N (US) (Mil) → prófugo m
draft excluder N (US) → burlete m
draft law N = draft bill draft horse (US) N → caballo m de tiro
draft letter N → borrador m de carta; (more formal) → proyecto m de carta
draft version N → versión f preliminar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
draft
[ˈdrɑːft] n
(= version) [essay, chapter] → brouillon m; [contract, document] → version f préliminaire
(= payment order) → traite f
the draft (US) (= call-up) → la conscription f
vt
(= write first version of) [+ letter] → faire le brouillon de; [+ document, report] → rédiger une version préliminaire de
(= call up) to be drafted → être appelé(e) sous les drapeaux
see also draught
see also draught
draft in
vt sep [+ worker, player] → affecterdraft dodger n (US) → insoumis mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
draft
n
(= rough outline) → Entwurf m (also Comput)
(Mil, = group of men) → Sonderkommando nt
(US) = draught
vt
letter, speech, bill, contract → entwerfen
(US Mil) conscript → einziehen, einberufen (into zu); to draft somebody to do something (Mil) → jdn dazu abkommandieren, etw zu tun; (fig) → jdn beauftragen, etw zu tun; he was drafted into the England squad → er wurde für die englische Nationalmannschaft aufgestellt
attr (Comput) → Draft-; draft mode → Draft-Modus m, → Draftmodus m
draft
:draft board
n (US Mil) → Einberufungsbehörde f; (= panel) → Einberufungsausschuss m
draft call
n (US Mil) → Einberufungsbescheid m
draft card
n (US Mil) → Wehrpass m
draft dodger
n (US Mil) Wehrpflichtiger, der sich vor dem Wehrdienst drückt, → Drückeberger m (pej inf)
draft
:draft quality
n (of printout) → Entwurfsqualität f
draft version
n → Entwurf m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
draft
[drɑːft]1. n
a. (outline) → abbozzo, brutta (copia); (of contract, document) → minuta
draft letter → prima stesura (di una lettera)
draft letter → prima stesura (di una lettera)
c. (Comm) (also banker's draft) → tratta
d. (Am) = draught
2. vt
a. (also draft out) → abbozzare; (plan) → tracciare; (document, report) → stendere (in versione preliminare)
b. (Mil) (for specific duty) → distaccare (Am) (Mil) (conscript) → arruolare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
draft
(draːft) noun1. a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written. a rough draft of my speech.
2. a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.
3. an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money. a draft for $80.
4. (American) conscription. He emigrated to avoid the draft.
verb1. to make in the form of a rough plan. Could you draft a report on this?
2. (American) to conscript into the army etc. He was drafted into the Navy.
dodge the draft to evade military service.
draft dodger (noun) a person who illegally avoids joining the army.
draft evasion noun evasion of military service.
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draft
→ تَيَّارٌ هَوَائِيّ, مُسَوَّدَة koncept, průvan træk, udkast Entwurf, Luftzug προσχέδιο, ρεύμα borrador, corriente, corriente de aire luonnos, viima brouillon, courant d’air nacrt, propuh bozza, corrente d'aria 下書き, 隙間風 외풍, 초안 ontwerp, tocht trekk, utkast przeciąg, szkic corrente de ar, rascunho проект, сквозняк drag, utkast กระแสลม, ตั๋วแลกเงิน cereyan, taslak bản thảo, gió lùa 穿堂风, 草稿Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
draft
1. n. líquido prescrito para ser tomado en una sola dosis;
2. [air] corriente de aire;
3. [art design] diseño, bosquejo.
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