Draft meanings. All definitions of Draft

noun draft a drawing, sketch, or design. 1

noun draft a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. 1

noun draft act of drawing; delineation. 1

noun draft a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove. 1

noun draft a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction. 1

noun draft a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc. 1

noun draft an act of drawing or pulling loads. 1

noun draft something that is drawn or pulled; a haul. 1

noun draft an animal or team of animals used to pull a load. 1

noun draft the force required to pull a load. 1

noun draft the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source. 1

noun draft Denoting beer or other drink that is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can. 1

noun draft a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription. 1

noun draft the persons so selected. 1

noun draft Sports. a selecting or drawing of new players from a choice group of amateur players by professional teams, especially a system of selecting new players so that each team in a professional league receives some of the most promising players. 1

noun draft British. a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment. 1

noun draft a written order drawn by one person upon another; a writing directing the payment of money on account of the drawer; bill of exchange. 1

noun draft a drain or demand made on anything. 1

noun draft draft beer. 1

noun draft an act of drinking or inhaling. 1

noun draft something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose. 1

noun draft a quantity of fish caught. 1

noun draft Nautical. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load. 1

noun draft Also called leave. Metallurgy. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold. 1

noun draft Metalworking. the change in sectional area of a piece of work caused by a rolling or drawing operation. a taper on a die or punch permitting it to be withdrawn readily from the work. 1

noun draft Masonry. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces. 1

noun draft Textiles. the degree of attenuation produced in fibers during yarn processing, expressed either by the ratio of the weight of raw to the weight of processed fiber, or by the ratio between the varying surface speeds of the rollers on the carding machine. the act of attenuating the fibers. 1

noun draft an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight. 1

verb with object draft to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch. 1

verb with object draft to draw up in written form; compose. 1

verb with object draft to draw or pull. 1

verb with object draft to take or select by draft, especially for military service. 1

verb with object draft Masonry. to cut a draft on. 1

verb without object draft to do mechanical drawing; work as a draftsman. 1

verb without object draft (in an automobile race) to drive or ride close behind another car so as to benefit from the reduction in air pressure created behind the car ahead. 1

adjective draft used or suited for drawing loads: a draft horse. 1

adjective draft drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle: draft ale. 1

adjective draft being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch. 1

idioms draft on draft, available to be drawn from a cask rather than from a sealed bottle: imported beer on draft. 1

noun draft provisional written version 1

noun draft provisional sketch 1

noun draft draught: current of air 1

noun draft draught of beer, ale 1

noun draft beer, etc. served from a tap 1

noun draft banking: check 1

noun draft compulsory military service 1

noun draft beer: on tap 1

transitive verb draft write preliminary version 1

noun draft intake: smoke, liquid 1

noun draft select group 1

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