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US
/ˈdɹæft/
]
[ UK /dɹˈɑːft/ ]
[ UK /dɹˈɑːft/ ]
NOUN
- the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
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a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
they served beer on draft - the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
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a dose of liquid medicine
he took a sleeping draft - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
- compulsory military service
- a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
- a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
- a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
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a large and hurried swallow
he finished it at a single gulp -
any of the various versions in the development of a written work
the final draft of the constitution
a preliminary draft
VERB
- make a blueprint of
- engage somebody to enter the army
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draw up an outline or sketch for something
draft a speech
How To Use draft In A Sentence
- They are trying to rush through the draft resolution before the general election.
- Slow the airplane to reduce impact forces; also, you'll likely encounter wind shear and strong downdrafts.
- Falling masonry, backdrafts and explosions are all very real dangers facing a firefighter outside the training room.
- You can also set bill reminders or overdraft alerts. Times, Sunday Times
- A multiparty legal committee has rejected draft laws on mine ownership and is set to send other so-called "indigenization" rules back to the drawing board. Zimbabwe Lawmakers Reject ‘Indigenization’ Regulations
- Consequently a number of Navajo Indians were drafted into the US army as radiomen, and would have soldiers assigned to them to protect them and prevent them falling into enemy hands.
- After first-round draft pick Sylvester Morris ended a 20-day holdout by signing a seven-year deal, the team didn't want to waste any time getting him on the field.
- It is good practice to write your proposal word for word as if it were the final draft.
- I answered, clutching at the hem of my oversized jersey as a cold draft blew around my exposed legs.
- The obscurity of the pleading which is, if I may so with respect to the drafter of it, exceedingly clever, because the pleading is in terms always of a duty of care to do something and it is there the elision of two very separate ideas.
