Etymology : Middle English draght; akin to Old English dragan to draw; more at DRAW
Pronunciation : draft, dr[a]ft
Function : noun
Date : 13th century
1. rough outline, sketch; check, written order for payment; conscription, calling up for army service; unit; current of air; (Sports) method by which NBA teams choose once a year college or foreign players to their teams. make an outline, draw up in written form; conscript, recruit for military service; force or persuade to do some task; draw out and separate. draft\draft\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. drafting.].
2. to draw the outline of; to delineate.
3. to compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
4. to draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select. some royal seminary in upper egypt, from whence they drafted novices to supply their colleges and temples. -- holwell.
5. to transfer by draft. all her rents been drafted to london. -- fielding.draft \draft\, a.
6. pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). same as draught.
7. relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. same as draught.note: the forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given, are both on approved use.draft box,draft engine,draft horse,draft net,draft ox,draft tube. same as draught box, draught engine, etc. see:
under draught.draft n.
8. a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another [syn: bill of exchange, order of payment ].
9. a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle) [syn: draught, air current].
10. a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn: rough drawing ].
11. a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: draught, potation, tipple].
12. preliminary version of a written work [syn: draft copy].
13. the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) [syn: draught].
14. a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.
15. a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" [syn: draught].
16. compulsory military service [syn: conscription, muster, selective service].
17. a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" [syn: gulp, draught, swig].
18. the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn: draught, drawing] v 1: draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" [syn: rough, outline] 2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn: enlist, muster in] [ant: discharge] 3: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draught].
19. draft. draught.
20. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn.
21. Same as Draught.
22. A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army, or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from any district, or any company or collection of persons, or from the people at large; also, the body of men thus drafted.
23. An order from one person or party to another, directing the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
24. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of goods.
25. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn in outline; a delineation.
26. See Draught.
27. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed.
28. A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face.
29. A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter.
30. The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
31. Depth of water necessary to float a ship; the depth below the water surface to which the bottom of a ship sinks when bearing a specific load.
32. A current of air.
33. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling.
34. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.
35. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
36. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
37. To draw from a military band or post, or from any district, company, or society; to detach; to select.
38. To transfer by draft. the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" a preliminary sketch of a design or picture a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface preliminary version of a written work a serving of drink drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft" a current of air a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech".
39. draft, draught.
40. 1. A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech. I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name I faxed a first draft of this article to him.
41. When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it. He drafted a standard letter to the editors.
42. If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army = conscript.
43. If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job. Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
44. The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time. his effort to avoid the draft. = conscription.
45. A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another. Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket. see also:
draught.
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