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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

... "schweben" are not easily translated. The English words, by which we attempt to render them, are either vulgar or pedantic, or not of sufficiently general application. So "der Wolken Zug"—literally, The Draft, the Procession of clouds; freely—The Masses of the Clouds sweep ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. III • Kuno Francke (Editor-in-Chief)

... before Congress agreed that war existed and over a month passed before Congress agreed upon the nature of the army to be raised. Nearly four months passed before the draft was made. ...

— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes

... friend, when you feel bursting on your lips the vow of eternal love, do not be afraid to yield, but do not confound wine with intoxication; do not think the cup divine because the draft is of celestial flavor; do not be astonished to find it broken and empty in the evening. It is but woman, it is a fragile vase, made ...

— The Confession of a Child of The Century • Alfred de Musset

... him in the spring of 1859. My father injured himself by a walk on his seventieth birthday (January 3, 1859), and his health afterwards showed symptoms of decline. In the autumn he was advised to go to Homburg; and thence, on August 30, he wrote his last letter, criticising a draft of a report which Fitzjames was preparing for the Education Commission, and suggesting a few sentences which would, he thinks, give greater clearness and emphasis to the main points. Immediately afterwards serious symptoms appeared, due, I believe, to the old break-down of 1847. My father ...

— The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. - A Judge of the High Court of Justice • Sir Leslie Stephen

... that my brother gave it to your father—or rather he sold it to him for a nominal sum. I must tell you that it was a most complicated transaction. He had the greatest difficulty in getting any lawyer to draft the deed of sale. There were so many ancient rights and privileges which it was impossible to deal with. Even now there are grave doubts as to the validity of the transaction. When nothing was heard of you, and we all concluded ...

— The Vanished Messenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim

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