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draught

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draught  (dräft)
n., v. & adj. Chiefly British
Variant of draft.

draught US, draft [drɑːft]
n
1. a current of air, esp one intruding into an enclosed space
2.
a.  the act of pulling a load, as by a vehicle or animal
b.  (as modifier) a draught horse
3. the load or quantity drawn
4. a portion of liquid to be drunk, esp a dose of medicine
5. the act or an instance of drinking; a gulp or swallow
6. the act or process of drawing air, smoke, etc., into the lungs
7. the amount of air, smoke, etc., inhaled in one breath
8. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing)
a.  beer, wine, etc., stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
b.  (as modifier) draught beer
c. 
on draught drawn from a cask or keg
9. (Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Also called draughtsman any one of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of draughts US and Canadian equivalent checker
10. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the depth of a loaded vessel in the water, taken from the level of the waterline to the lowest point of the hull
feel the draught to be short of money See also draughts
[probably from Old Norse drahtr, of Germanic origin; related to draw]
draughter  US, drafter n

Draft, Draught a load; the quantity drawn forward; a chosen detachment of men. See also detachment, detail.
Examples: draft of bottlers, 1486; of calves, 1830; of cars; of cattle [culled from the herd], 1800; of eels [20 pounds]; of fish; of men, 1813; of sailors, 1890; of soldiers, 1756.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.draughtdraught - a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft"
quaff - a hearty draft
drink - a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner"
2.draughtdraught - a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp"
deglutition, swallow, drink - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
3.draught - a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
updraft - a strong upward air current
downdraft - a strong downward air current
air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
4.draught - the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"
5.draught - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft"
dose, dosage - a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
6.draught - the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
pull, pulling - the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
Verb1.draught - make a blueprint of
design, plan - make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

draught
noun
1. breeze, current, wind, movement, flow, puff, influx, gust, current of air Block draughts around doors and windows.
2. drink, swallow, slug, mouthful, swig He took a draught of beer.
Translations
draught draft (US) [drɑːft]
A. N
1. [of air] → corriente f de aire; (for fire) → tiro m
there's a draught from the windowentra corriente por la ventana
to feel the draughtpasar apuros(económicos)
2. (= drink) → trago m
he took a long draught of ciderse echó un buen trago de sidra
at one draughtde un trago
on draughtde barril
3. (Med) → dosis f inv
4. (Naut) → calado m
B. CPD draught beer Ncerveza f de barril
draught excluder Nburlete m
draught horse Ncaballo m de tiro

draught (British) [ˈdrɑːft] draft (US) n
[air] → courant m d'air
(for fire)tirage m
[ship] → tirant m d'eau
on draught [beer] → à la pression
draught beer nbière f pression, bière f à la pression

draught, (US) draft
n
(Luft)zug m; (= through draught)Durchzug m; (for fire) → Zug m; there’s a terrible draught in herehier zieht es fürchterlich; I’m sitting in a draughtich sitze im Zug; are you in a draught?ziehts Ihnen?; there’s a draught blowing round the back of my neckmir ziehts im Genick; open the flues to increase the draughtmach die Klappen auf, damit der Ofen mehr Zug bekommt; he’s beginning to feel the draught (fig inf)ihm wird allmählich das Geld knapp
(= swallow, drink)Zug m; a draught of meadein Schluck mMet
(= draught beer)Fassbier nt; on draughtvom Fass
(Naut) → Tiefgang m
(Med) sleeping draughtSchlaftrunk m
(of fish)Fischzug m
draughts pl (Brit: = game) → Damespiel nt; (+pl vb: = pieces) → Damesteine pl
(= rough sketch) = draft N a

draught, (US) draft:
draught animal
nZugtier nt
draught beer
nFassbier nt, → Bier ntvom Fass

draught draft (Am) [drɑːft] n
a. (of air) → corrente f (d'aria), spiffero; (for fire) → tiraggio (Naut) → pescaggio
b. (drink) he took a long draught of beerha bevuto una lunga sorsata di birra
on draught → alla spina

draught draft (Am) [drɑːft] n
a. (of air) → corrente f (d'aria), spiffero; (for fire) → tiraggio (Naut) → pescaggio
b. (drink) he took a long draught of beerha bevuto una lunga sorsata di birra
on draught → alla spina

draught
n draught [draːft]
1 a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room! trek تَيّار هَواء течение tah; průvan træk der Zug ρεύμα corriente de aire tuuletõmbus جریان هوا؛ کوران veto tirage, courant d'air רוּח פְּרָצִים हवा का झोंका propuh, promaja gerakan udara súgur, trekkur tiraggio; corrente d'aria すきま風 외풍, 통풍 traukimas, skersvėjis caurvējš grakan udara tocht (gjennom)trekk przeciąg corrente de ar тяга; сквозняк ťah; prievan vleka; prepih promaja drag กระแสลมที่พัดเข้ามา hava akımı, cereyan 穿堂風 осадка; водотоннажність ہوا کی تیز رو جو اندر آۓ gió lùa; luồng hơi 穿
2 a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping He took a long draught of beer. tap bier كَمِّيَّه глътка doušek slurk der Zug γουλιά trago sõõm قلپ kulaus trait, gorgée לְגִימָה वात प्रवाह gutljaj korty tegukan sopi, teygur sorso, sorsata 1飲み 한 모금 gurkšnis, siurbsnis malks tegukan teug slurk, drikk tømt i ett drag, sup haust gole глоток dúšok požirek gutljaj klunk ปริมาณของเหลวที่ดื่มหนึ่งครั้ง çekiş, yudum (一)飲 ковток ایک گھونٹ sự uống một hơi)饮
3 the amount of water a ship requires to float it a draught of half a metre. diepgang كَمِّية الماء التي تَحْتاجُها السَّفينَه لكي تَطْفو водоизместимост ponor dybde der Tiefgang βύθισμα πλοίου calado süvis عمق مورد نیاز برای حرکت کشتی syväys tirant d'eau שוֹקֵע डबाव gaz broda merülés takaran air djúprista pescaggio 喫水 (배의) 흘수 grimzlė, gramzda (kuģa) iegrime takaran air diepgang dypgående wyporność calado осадка ponor ugrez gaz djupgående ปริมาณน้ำ su çekimi/kesimi, su derinliği 船的吃水深度 осадка; водотоннажність پانی کی گہرائی جو جہاز کو تیرانے کے لۓ ضروری ہو lượng nước rẽ
n draughts
1  singular a game for two people, played on a board (a ˈdraughtboard, (American) ˈcheckerboard) exactly like a chessboard, with twenty-four discs. dambord لُعْبَةُ الدّاما ``الضّامَه'' дама dáma dam das Damespiel(brett) ντάμα damas kabe بازی چکرز tammipeli (jeu de) dames דָּמקָה दो लोगों का एक खेल vrsta društvene igre dáma(játék) permainan dam dammborð dama チェッカー 체커 šaškės dambrete permainan dam damspel damspill warcaby damas шашки dáma dama (igra) igra dame dam[] กระดานหมากรุก dama oyunu (英)國際西洋跳棋 ігра в шашки دو آدمیوں کے درمیان شطرنج کی طرح کے بورڈ پر کھیلے جانے والا کھیل cờ đam西
2  plural the discs. dambordskywe حِجارَةُ الدّاما пулове за дама herní kameny dambrik die Damesteine πούλια ντάμας (πληθ.) damas kabenupud صفحه؛ دیسک tammipelin pelimerkit dames דִיסקִיוֹת डिस्क diskovi kövek buah dam dammskífur, dammar dama チェッカーのこま 체커 디스크 šaškės dambretes kauliņi buah dam damschijven dambrikker pionki damas шашки hracie kamene figure pri dami figurice za dame brickor เกมหมากรุก dama taşları 唱片 шашки قرصیں bề mặt tròn
adj draughty
full of draughts of air a draughty room. trekkerig مليء بِتَيّارات الهَواء изложен на течение vystavený průvanu med gennemtræk; utæt zugig εκτεθειμένος σε ρεύματα con corrientes de aire tuuletõmbust täis بادگیر vetoisa plein de courants d'air פָּתוּח לְרוּח פְּרָצִים हवादार, प्रवाहयुक्त izožen propuhu, koji ima propuh huzatos berangin næðingssamur, sem kaldur súgur leikur um esposto alle correnti d'aria すき間風の入る 통풍이 잘되는, 외풍이 있는 skersvėjuotas caurvējains berangin tochtig trekkfull z przeciągami ventoso продуваемый насквозь plný prievanu izpostavljen prepihu gde ima promaje dragig ที่มีลมโกรก cereyanlı, esintili 通風的 такий, що продувається наскрізь ہوادار có gió lùa

draught مسودة průvan træk Luftzug ρεύμα de barril viima courant d’air skica corrente d'aria 隙間風 외풍 tocht trekk przeciąg corrente de ar сквозняк drag กระแสลม cereyan gió lùa 穿堂风


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And the horses shook themselves, and the dogs jumped up and barked; the pigeons took their heads from under their wings, and looked about and flew into the fields; the flies on the walls buzzed again; the fire in the kitchen blazed up; round went the jack, and round went the spit, with the goose for the king's dinner upon it; the butler finished his draught of ale; the maid went on plucking the fowl; and the cook gave the boy the box on his ear.
Under ordinary circumstances, after I had lain quietly in the darkness for half an hour, the draught that I had taken would have sent me to sleep.
As she still hesitated, being, in fact, in no reasonable state of mind, he took the infant in his arms, and himself administered the draught.
 
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