draft (dr ft)n. 1. A current of air in an enclosed area. 2. A device that regulates the flow or circulation of air. 3. a. The act of pulling loads; traction. b. Something that is pulled or drawn; a load. c. A team of animals used to pull loads. 4. Nautical The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded: a river vessel of shallow draft. 5. A heavy demand on resources. 6. A written order directing the payment of money from an account or fund. 7. a. A gulp, swallow, or inhalation. b. The amount taken in by a single act of drinking or inhaling. c. A measured portion; a dose. 8. a. The drawing of a liquid, as from a cask or keg. b. An amount drawn: ordered two drafts of ale. 9. a. The process or method of selecting one or more individuals from a group, as for a service or duty: a candidate who did not pursue the nomination, but accepted a draft by the party convention. b. Compulsory enrollment in the armed forces; conscription. c. A body of people selected or conscripted. 10. Sports A system in which the exclusive rights to new players are distributed among professional teams. 11. a. The act of drawing in a fishnet. b. The quantity of fish caught. 12. a. Any of various stages in the development of a plan, document, or picture: a preliminary draft of a report; the final draft of a paper. b. A representation of something to be constructed. 13. A narrow line chiseled on a stone to guide a stonecutter in leveling its surface. 14. A slight taper given a die to facilitate the removal of a casting. 15. An allowance made for loss in weight of merchandise. v. draft·ed, draft·ing, drafts v.tr. 1. To select from a group for some usually compulsory service: drafted into the army. 2. To select from a group for placement on a sports team. 3. To draw up a preliminary version of or plan for. 4. To create by thinking and writing; compose: draft a speech. v.intr. 1. To work as a drafter. 2. To move, ride, or drive close behind a fast-moving object so as to take advantage of the slipstream, especially in a race. adj. Idiom: 1. Suited for or used for drawing heavy loads: oxen and other draft animals. 2. Drawn from a cask or tap: draft beer. on draft Drawn from a large container, such as a keg. [Middle English draught, act of drawing or pulling, from Old English *dreaht; akin to dragan, to draw.] |
draft
Noun
1. a preliminary outline of a letter, book, or speech
2. a written order for payment of money by a bank
3. US & Austral selection for compulsory military service
Verb
1. to write a preliminary outline of a letter, book, or speech
2. to send (personnel) from one place to another to carry out a specific job
3. Chiefly US to select for compulsory military service
Noun, vb
US same as draught [variant of draught]
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.
1. The conscription of qualified citizens in military service.
2. The depth of water that a vessel requires to float freely; the depth of a vessel from the water line to the keel. See also active duty; Military Service; watercraft.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | draft - a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another negotiable instrument - an unconditional order or promise to pay an amount of money overdraft - a draft in excess of the credit balance foreign bill, foreign draft - a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another inland bill - a bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same country redraft - a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again trade acceptance - a bill of exchange for a specific purchase; drawn on the buyer by the seller and bearing the buyer's acceptance bank draft, banker's draft - a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank dividend warrant - an order of payment (such as a check payable to a shareholder) in which a dividend is paid money order, postal order - a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office banker's acceptance, acceptance - banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank bank check, check, cheque - a written order directing a bank to pay money; "he paid all his bills by check" sight bill, sight draft - a draft payable on presentation time bill, time draft - a draft payable at a specified future date |
| 2. | draft - 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" | |
| 3. |  draft - a preliminary sketch of a design or picture | |
| 4. |  draft - 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" | |
| 5. | draft - any of the various versions in the development of a written work; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" text, textual matter - the words of something written; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" | |
| 6. | draft - the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | |
| 7. | draft - a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace regulator - any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc. | |
| 8. | draft - a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" | |
| 9. |  draft - compulsory military service militarisation, militarization, mobilization, mobilisation - act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" levy en masse, levy - the act of drafting into military service armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | |
| 10. |  draft - 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" | |
| 11. | draft - the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | |
| Verb | 1. | draft - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" |
| 2. | draft - engage somebody to enter the army | |
| 3. | draft - make a blueprint of |
draft
Translations
draft [drɑːft] n (= first copy) [of document, report] → borrador m;
(COMM) → giro;
(US) (= call-up); quinta
draft [drɑːft] n [of letter, school work] → brouillon m [of literary work]; ébauche f [of contract, document]; version f préliminaire;
(Comm) → traite f;
(US) (Mil) → contingent m: (= call-up); conscription f
n draft [draːft]
1 a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written a rough draft of my speech. skets مُسَوَّدَه чернова koncept, návrh, náčrt udkast; kladde; skitse der Abriß (προ)σχέδιο borrador, esbozo visand پیش نویس luonnos brouillon טְיוֹטָה मसौदा privremeni nacrt vázlat, fogalmazvány konsep drög, uppkast abbozzo 草稿 초안 apmatai, projektas projekts; skice; uzmetums draf klad, schets utkast, skisse, konsept szkic rascunho schiţă черновик náčrt osnutek skica utkast, skiss ฉบับร่าง taslak, müsvedde, tasarı 草稿，草圖 проект, нарис کسی تقریر یا دستاویز وغیرہ کا مسودہ phác thảo 草稿，草图
2 a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group. oproep تَجْنيد، فِرْقَه مُجَنَّدَه контингент vybraný oddíl, skupina mindre militærstyrke med specialopgave die Abteilung απόσπασμα reclutamiento (väe)salk گروه منتخب ryhmä détachement גִיוּס बड़े समूह से लिए गए सैनिकों इत्यादि का एक समूह odred különítmény detasemen liðsmannasveit, sveit distaccamento 分遣隊 선발대 atrankinė grupė (personu) atlase kerahan ketenteraan detachement mindre, utskilt militærstyrke med spesialoppdrag grupa recrutamento detaşament отбор vybranný oddiel četa manja grupa detachement, kommenderat manskap การเกณฑ์ทหาร kura ile seçilenler, tertip 分遣隊 поповнення, набір کوئی ٹکڑی جو کسی بڑی جمعیت میں سے کسی جاۓ phân đội 分遣队
3 an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money a draft for $80. onttrekking كُمْبيالَه للدَّفِع ордер příkaz anvisning; veksel die Abhebung τραπεζική εντολή letra de cambio, giro käskveksel حواله؛ برات asete mandat הַמחָאָה आदेश trasirana mjenica váltó surat wesel víxill tratta, cambiale tratta 為替手形 지급 명령서 čekis čeks; maksāšanas orderis arahan dari bank untuk membayar wissel bankanvisning, veksel, tratte weksel, czek ordem de pagamento curent de aer чек; тратта príkaz na výplatu nakazilo isplatni nalog dragen växel, tratta, check ตั๋วแลกเงิน havale, ödeme emri 匯票 чек بینک کے نام رقم کی ادایگی کا تحریری حکم hối phiếu 汇票
4 (American) conscription He emigrated to avoid the draft. oproep تَجْنيد набор odvod indkaldelse die Einberufung στρατολογία,στράτευση servicio militar väeteenistusse kutsumine خدمت نظام kutsunta conscription גִיוּס חוֹבָה सेना में जबरी भर्ती prekomanda sorozás wajib militer herkvaðning coscrizione, chiamata alle armi, leva 徴兵 징병 šaukimas į kariuomenę iesaukums (karadienestā) perintah dienstplicht innkalling (til militærtjeneste) pobór alistamento ordin de plată призыв odvod nabor vojna obaveza inkallelse [] ทหารเกณฑ์ askere al(ın)ma 征兵 призов لازمی فوجی خدمت chế độ nghĩa vụ quân sự 征兵
v
1 to make in the form of a rough plan Could you draft a report on this? optrek يُسَوِّد، يَكْتُبُ مُسَوَّدَه изработвам план navrhnout, načrtnout lave udkast abfassen προχειρογράφω,κάνω ένα προσχέδιο esbozar visandama پیش نویس کردن laatia, luonnostella esquisser לְהָכִין טְיוֹטָה मसौदा बनाना, लिखना grubi nacrt vázlatot/tervezetet készít, megfogalmaz mengonsep gera uppkast abbozzare, redigere 草案をつくる 초안을 잡다 padaryti apmatus/projektà sastādīt projektu; izdarīt uzmetumu rangka opstellen kladde; lage et utkast til naszkicować esboçar a schiţa набрасывать черновик načrtnúť napraviti osnutek skicirati formulera, skriva (göra) utkast till ร่าง taslak hazırlamak, müsvedde yapmak 起草 складати план کسی منصوبے کا ابتدائی خاکہ تیار کرنا dự thảo 起草
2 (American) to conscript into the army etc He was drafted into the Navy. opgeroep يُجِنِّد، يَتَجَنَّد свиквам войници odvést, povolat indkalde einziehen στρατολογώ reclutar, llamar a filas väeteenistusse kutsuma به خدمت فراخواندن kutsua asepalvelukseen incorporer לְגָיֵיס לְשֵׁרוּת חוֹבָה अनिवार्य भर्ती करना dobiti prekomandu besoroz mendaftar kveðja til herþjónustu arruolare 徴兵する 징병하다 imti á kariuomenæ iesaukt (karadienestā) ketenteraan oproepen innkalle (til militærtjeneste) przeprowadzać pobór alistar a înrola призывать odviesť, povolať rekrutirati regrutovati inkalla [] เกณฑ์ทหาร askere almak/çağırmak 征兵 призивати на військову службу فوج میں شامل ہونا nhập ngũ 征兵
dodge the draft
to evade military service. ontwyk diensplig يَتَجَنَّب التَّجْنيد избягвам военна служба vyhnout se odvodu være militærnægter die Verweigerung des Wehrdienstes αποφεύγω στράτευση el servicio evadir militar väeteenistusest kõrvale hoidma از خدمت نظام طفره رفتن à la échapper conscription לְהִתְחָמֵק מְגִיוּס חוֹבָה सैन्य सेवा से बचना izbjeći vojnu službu kivonja magát a katonai szolgálat alól menghindari dinas militer servizio militare evadere il 徴兵を逃れる vengti karo tarnybos izvairīties no iesaukuma (militārā dienestā) ketenteraan dienstplicht ontduiken unngå militærtjeneste uchylić się od służby wojskowej уклоняться от призыва vyhnúť sa odvodu (do vojenskej služby) izogniti se obveznemu služenju vojske izbeći vojnu obavezu vägra värnplikt หนีทหาร askerlikten kaçmak 逃避服兵役 ухилятися від призова на військову службу فوجی خدمت سے بچ کے بھاگنا trốn nghĩa vụ quân sự 逃避服兵役
draft dodger [noun]
n draft evasion
evasion of military service. dros تَجَنُّب التَّجْنيد избягване на военна служба vyhnutí se odvodu nægten at gøre militærtjeneste die Wehrdienstverweigerung φυγοστρατία servicio militar evasión del väeteenistusest kõrvalehoidmine فرار از خدمت نظام insoumission מִשתָמֵט सैन्य सेवा से फरार izbjegavanje vojne službe katonai szolgálat megtagadása hal menghindari dinas militer servizio militare evasione del 徴兵忌避 karo tarnybos vengimas izvairīšanās no iesaukuma (militārā dienestā) ketenteraan van de ontduiking dienstplicht det å unngå militærtjeneste uchylenie się od służby wojskowej уклонение от военной службы vyhnutie sa vojenskej službe izmikanje vojaščini izbegavanje vojne obaveze värnpliktsvägran การหนีทหาร askerlikten kaçma 逃避兵役 ухиляння від призова на військову службу فوجی خدمت سے فراری sự trốn nghĩa vụ quân sự 逃避兵役
draftsman, draughtsman
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