Draft Definition

drăft
drafted, drafting, drafts
noun
drafts
A drawing or pulling, as of a vehicle or load.
Webster's New World
The thing, quantity, or load pulled.
Webster's New World
A taking of liquid into the mouth; drinking.
Webster's New World
A team of animals used to pull loads.
American Heritage
A heavy demand on resources.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
  • final copy
verb
drafted, drafting, drafts
To choose or take for some special purpose, as compulsory military service, by drawing from a group.
Webster's New World
To persuade or compel (a person) to become a candidate for public office.
Webster's New World
To select from a group for placement on a sports team.
American Heritage
To make a preliminary sketch of or working plans for.
Webster's New World
To drive very closely behind another vehicle while racing, so as to take advantage of the reduced air resistance behind it.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Used for pulling loads.
Draft animals.
Webster's New World
Drawn from a keg on order.
Draft beer.
Webster's New World
In a preliminary or rough form.
A draft resolution.
Webster's New World
(not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
on draft
  • Drawn from a large container, such as a keg.
American Heritage
on draft
  • ready to be drawn directly from the keg
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Draft

Noun

Singular:
draft
Plural:
drafts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Draft

  • on draft
  • on draft

Origin of Draft

  • Middle English draught act of drawing or pulling from Old English dreaht dragan to draw

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English draught (“drawing, pull, stroke, etc.”), from Old English dragan (“to draw, drag”); see draw.

    From Wiktionary

Draft Sentence Examples

  • It was a draft of the work published in 1650 under the same title.

  • Even the smallest draft will cause a candle to flicker.

  • Your first draft does not have to be perfect.

  • The facts of the problem would all appear covered by the hypothesis that John the presbyter, the eleven being all dead, wrote the book of Revelation (its more ancient Christian portions) say in 69, and died at Ephesus say in loo; that the author of the Gospel wrote the first draft, here, say in 97; that this book, expanded by him, first circulated within a select Ephesian Christian circle; and that the Ephesian church officials added to it the appendix and published it in 110 -120.

  • Provided the ship is designed to float upright at the smallest draft with no load on board, the stability at any other draft of water can be arranged by the stowage of the weight, high or low.

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