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Draft

noun

1.

A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another. Synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment.

2.

A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle). Synonym: draught.

3.

A preliminary sketch of a design or picture. Synonym: rough drawing.

4.

A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg. Synonyms: draught, potation, tipple.

5.

Any of the various versions in the development of a written work. Synonym: draft copy. "The final draft of the constitution"

6.

The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded). Synonym: draught.

7.

A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.

8.

A dose of liquid medicine. Synonym: draught.

9.

Compulsory military service. Synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service.

10.

A large and hurried swallow. Synonyms: draught, gulp, swig.

11.

The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling. Synonyms: draught, drawing.

verb

(past & past part. drafted; pres. part. drafting)

1.

Draw up an outline or sketch for something. Synonym: outline.

2.

Engage somebody to enter the army. Synonyms: enlist, muster in.

3.

Make a blueprint of. Synonyms: blueprint, draught.

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"Draft" Quotes from Famous Books

... itself should the original be lost. Make a new copy. In the first place, should the carbon copy also be lost, you will have nothing left as a record of your story—unless you happen to have kept your notes and rough draft. Besides, carbon copies rarely look as well as an original script, and the editor who receives a carbon might not look upon it with any great favor—though this ...

— Writing the Photoplay • J. Berg Esenwein and Arthur Leeds

... herewith, as desired by the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, a report from the Secretary of State of the 6th instant, with its accompanying correspondence, in relation to the draft of an uncompleted treaty with Hawaii ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison

... to find the place unendurable. The heat was suffocating; the door could not be opened, because the slightest draft gave Lorilleux a cold. As they ignored the marriage question utterly, she pulled her lover's sleeve to signify her wish to depart. He understood and was himself annoyed at this affectation ...

— L'Assommoir • Emile Zola

... said Crito; "the sun is still upon the hill-tops, and many a one has taken the draft late, and after the announcement has been made to him, he has eaten and drunk and indulged in sensual delights; do not hasten then—there ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 • Elbert Hubbard

... comes a dame across the Square. She's sixteen hands high 'n' will girt according. She belongs in the heavy-draft class 'n' ...

— Blister Jones • John Taintor Foote

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