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draft

UK/dɹɑːft/ US/dɹæft/ fairly common british us
verb (3) noun (11)

verb

1.

draw up an outline or sketch for something

  • “draft a speech”
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noun

1.
2.

a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)

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4.

a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

  • “they served beer on draft”
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6.

the depth of a vessel''s keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

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7.

a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

8.

a dose of liquid medicine

  • “he took a sleeping draft”
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9.
10.

a large and hurried swallow

  • “he finished it at a single gulp”
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11.

the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

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Origin

A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.

Phrases

  • air draft
  • at a draft
  • bank draft
  • banker's draft
  • beast of draft
  • deep draft
  • demand draft
  • draft animal
  • draft in
  • draft up
  • drafting site

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