A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
Meanings
(US, not-comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.
(US, not-comparable) Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
nl getapt (referring to drinks on tap) · fr au fût (referring to drinks on tap) · km ស្រស់ (referring to drinks on tap) · bg наливен (referring to drinks on tap) · it alla spina (referring to drinks on tap) · lo ສົດ (referring to drinks on tap) · pl beczkowy (referring to drinks on tap) · es de baril (referring to drinks on tap) · fi veto- (referring to animals used for pulling loads) · nl van 't vat (referring to drinks on tap) · de vom Fass (referring to drinks on tap) · mk точено (referring to drinks on tap) · fr de trait (referring to animals used for pulling loads) · pl z kija (referring to drinks on tap) · es de grifo (referring to drinks on tap) · fi hana- (referring to drinks on tap) · fr à la pression (referring to drinks on tap) · sv tapp- (referring to drinks on tap) · sh točeno (referring to drinks on tap) · bg за впрягане (referring to animals used for pulling loads) · hu csapolt (referring to drinks on tap)
A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
Meanings
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ An act of drinking.
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
to drink at a draft
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
From 1767 to 1774 no pale wine was bottled but for immediate use; only draft wine of all kinds was used in the principal taverns, and it was often very bad, not from tricks of the vintners, but from bad management. 1863, Thomas George Shaw, Wine, the Vine, and the Cellar, page 152:
Another positive trend is the increase of quality in draft cider options. Draft cider has often been, and sometimes still is, considered an inferior product by cider traditionalists, who believe a true cider should come in a bottle or[…] 2015 September 14, Jeff Smith, Craft Cider: How to Turn Apples into Alcohol, The Countryman Press, →ISBN:
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: ▸ The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.
(countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) (Preliminary) written work: ▸ A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
Dr Richard Beeching's handwritten draft of his report survives in the National Archives. 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
(countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) (Preliminary) written work: ▸ An unsent e-mail.
(countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) (Preliminary) written work: ▸ A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
(archaic, countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) (Preliminary) written work: ▸ An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.
(Canada, US, countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable, usually, with the) Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool: ▸ Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
He left the country to avoid the draft.
(countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool: ▸ A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
With these counsels, and many others equally valuable, did Papa Wick fortify Bobby ere that last awful night at Portsmouth when the Officers' Quarters held more inmates than were provided for by the Regulations, and the liberty-men of the ships fell foul of the drafts for India, and the battle raged from the Dockyard Gates even to the slums of Longport, while the drabs of Fratton came down and scratched the faces of the Queen's Officers. 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 135:
(US, countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool: ▸ A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
(US, countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool: ▸ A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
(countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, uncountable) Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool: ▸ A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.
(British, English, archaic, countable, in both American spelling and British spelling, possibly, uncountable) Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool: ▸ A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
These drafts left between the 17th March and 28th April. After this there was no regular system of artillery drafts. A draft of 80 was detailed to take charge of horses on board ship as all cavalry drafts were for the time exhausted, and this draft sailed on the 30th June. 1904, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional papers. Inventory control record 1 - Volume 42, page 83:
An earlier draft of horses for the 4th Light Dragoons, however,was very different. 1993, Lord Anglesey, A History of the British Cavalry 1816-1919: Volume 2: 1851-1871:
The Complaint about the Beef lately furnished for the use of the Troops &c at Parramatta, is not without foundation; when I commenced supplying the several Stations with animal food in January last, — a Draft of very fat Oxen was brought from Wellington for that purpose, — that draft has met the consumption of several Stations until now. — the Cattle lately remaining fell very much off in condition, though I certainly consider they were not inferior to a great deal of Beef, I have seen taken from Contractors. 1982, John Maxwell, Brian Edmund Lloyd, Bertha Mac Smith, Letters of John Maxwell, Superintendent of Government Stock, page 206:
The Light Brigade have got a draft of about 250 horses from England, and we expect ours shortly. 2009, Philip Warner, A Cavalryman in the Crimea:
As an instance: amongst a draft of young hounds from Earl F itzwilliam's was one, of whom Will Deane, his huntsman, made this remark in his letter, 'that he could not guess at Lord Foley's dislike to the hound called Glider, then sent, which was of the best blood in the country, being got by Mr. Meynell's Glider out of Lord Fitzwilliam's Blossom, and was moreover the most promising young hound he had ever entered;... 1841, Alexander Walker, Intermarriage, page 325:
(US, countable, uncountable) The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
(US, countable, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling: ▸ The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.
(US, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling: ▸ The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
using oxen for draft
shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century in the U.S., "strong" ploughs requiring the draft of four and sometimes six oxen were frequently used for breaking land which had previously lain fallow for several years. 1988, Kenneth W. Russell, Afther Eden, page 39:
(US, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling: ▸ The act of drawing in a net for fish.
(US, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable) Senses relating to pulling: ▸ That which is drawn in; a catch; a haul.
He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.
(Appalachia, countable, uncountable) A valley, or the stream that flows through it: ▸ A small stream or tributary.
Hollows were tributary to a cove or another type of sizable valley threaded by a creek or, in Pennsylvania, a “run,” and in Virginia, a “draft.” 2003, John Alexander Williams, Appalachia: A History, page 113:
Crossing several ridges & hollows & two small drafts of water. 1801, Surveys 43, page 428, quoted in 1940, George Davis McJimsey, Topographic Terms in Virginia, page 63
(Appalachia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West, countable, especially, uncountable) A valley, or the stream that flows through it: ▸ A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.
[page 24:] About one quarter of a mile up the draft, the same blue-gray limestone is opened in a quarry on the Graham and Robinson farm, […]
[page 31:] Up along a narrow draft heading south-east from the creek at Southern's place, a series of small pits and trenches have been dug close to the ridge […] above the level of the creek. 1887, Andrew Smith McCreath, Edward Vincent D'Invilliers, The New River-Cripple Creek Mineral Region of Virginia:
Then came the pleasant toil up and down the ridges and drafts of the Knob. 1894, Charles D Lanier, “Sawney's Deer-Lick”, in Scribner's Magazine, page 101:
Now you have left the dividing "backbone", and climb up and down a never-ending succession of ridges and "drafts," as the ravines are called. […] a searching reconnoitre of the next long draft opened to view. 1894, Charles D. Lanier, “On the Trail of the Wild Turkey”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 89, number 534, page 883:
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sketch or outline) · sh про̏маја (current of air coming in) · cs lok (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · sv svep (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · sco draucht (depth of water needed to float ship) · de Wehrdienst (conscription) · pl szkic (early version of a written work) · es conscripción (conscription) · es tiro (action or act of pulling something along) · gd tarraing (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · ru сквозня́к (current of air coming in) · it brutta copia (preliminary sketch or outline) · ko 징병 (conscription) · th ร่าง (early version of a written work) · fi veto (current of air coming in) · it birra alla spina (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · ko 초고 (early version of a written work) · tl waki (preliminary sketch or outline) · fr tirage (draw through a flue) · hu húzás (action or act of pulling something along) · de Durchzug (current of air coming in) · el προσχέδιο (preliminary sketch or outline) · sv värnplikt (conscription) · nl 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ru глото́к (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · sco draucht (current of air coming in) · lt šaukimas (conscription) · cs náčrt (preliminary sketch or outline) · da fadøl (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · yi פּריזיוו (conscription) · nl kladversie (early version of a written work) · sv drag (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · nl trek (draw through a flue) · fi hanaolut (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · cy gwynt (current of air coming in) · sl požirek (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · pl trata (order for money to be paid) · fi kulaus (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · fr repêchage (system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams) · hu piszkozat (preliminary sketch or outline) · ca reclutament forçós (conscription) · sv drag (action or act of pulling something along) · uk ковто́к (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · it refolo (current of air coming in) · ca glop (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · it sorsata (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · de Einberufung (conscription) · it spiffero (current of air coming in) · bg изваждане (act of drawing in a net for fish) · cmn 生啤 (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · da udkast (early version of a written work) · pt fino (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · ru набро́сок (preliminary sketch or outline) · ja 草稿 (early version of a written work) · it aspirazione (current of air coming in) · de Fassbier (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · uk набі́р (conscription) · sh točeno pivo (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · ru тя́га (draw through a flue) · ru набо́р (conscription) · es cerveza de barril (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · sv klunk (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · bg доза (dose of medicine, alcohol, etc.) · gl calado (depth of water needed to float ship) · ar مُسْوَدَّة (preliminary sketch or outline) · it schizzo (preliminary sketch or outline) · pt esboço (preliminary sketch or outline) · et visand (preliminary sketch or outline) · de Tratte (order for money to be paid) · de Entwurf (early version of a written work) · uk тра́тта (order for money to be paid) · ro cec (order for money to be paid) · io aeroflueto (current of air coming in) · nl wissel (order for money to be paid) · pt rascunho (early version of a written work) · nl lichting (conscription) · es corriente de aire (current of air coming in) · fr pression (beer drawn from a cask or keg) · it tiro (action or act of pulling something along) · ro plan (preliminary sketch or outline) · he טְיוּטָה (preliminary sketch or outline) · ro ciornă (early version of a written work) · eo projekto (early version of a written work) · be зары́с (preliminary sketch or outline) · bn খসড়া (early version of a written work) · fi vetäminen (action or act of pulling something along) · et tõmbetuul (current of air coming in) · he גִיּוּס (conscription) · fi erä (quantity drawn out from a larger population) · mk скица (preliminary sketch or outline) · be до́за (dose of medicine, alcohol, etc.) · ga dréacht (early version of a written work) · sv korsdrag (current of air coming in) · ru переводно́й ве́ксель (order for money to be paid) · fi syväys (depth of water needed to float ship) · ko 모금 (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · bg глъ́тка (amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow) · es leva (conscription) · nb trekk (current of air coming in) · be скразьня́к (current of air coming in) · de Musterung (conscription)
A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“that which is pulled; that which is drawn up, a design”), from Old English *dreaht, *dræht, from Proto-West Germanic *drahti, *drahtu, from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz (“a pulling, drawing”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
Meanings
(transitive) To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
To write a law.
To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.
There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
Class "H16" 4-6-2T No. 30516 has been drafted to the Fawley branch and is here seen working a 747-ton test train across Frost Lane crossing, near Hythe, on March 6 [...]. 1960 May, “Southern Newsreel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 315, photo caption:
(US, transitive) To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose. ▸ To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose. ▸ To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
The calves were drafted from the cows.
(US, transitive) To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose. ▸ To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
(ambitransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
At the restart, the positions of the Mercedes drivers was reversed. Hamilton drafted Bottas down to Turn One and took the lead around the outside, controlling the race from there. 2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:
To draw out; to call forth.
To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
To play a collectible card game by strategically selecting from a shared pool of cards.
sh draftovati (to select a rookie player) · fr embrigader (to conscript a person) · sv skissa (to write a first version) · pt recrutar (to conscript a person) · de entwerfen (to write a first version) · es reclutar (to conscript a person) · gv draght (to write a first version) · it abbozzare (to write a first version) · nl oproepen (to conscript a person) · no utskrive (to conscript a person) · fi peesata (to follow very closely behind another vehicle) · sv värva (to conscript a person) · no skissere (to write a first version) · bg изготвям (to write a law) · nl ronselen (to conscript a person) · oc recrutar (to conscript a person) · fi erottaa (to select and separate an animal from a group) · mi takawhakaaro (to write a first version) · fi luonnostella (to write a first version) · gd gairm (to conscript a person) · ar جَنَّدَ (to conscript a person) · es bosquejar (to write a first version) · bg скицирам (to draw in outline; to make a sketch) · ru призыва́ть (to conscript a person) · pl pisać (to write a law) · nl wetsontwerp maken (to write a law) · sv rekrytera (to conscript a person) · pt esboçar (to write a first version) · fr faire un brouillon (to draw in outline; to make a sketch) · de einziehen (Militär) (to conscript a person) · fi varata (to select a rookie player) · hu behív (to conscript a person) · de zeichnen (to write a first version) · ru набира́ть (to conscript a person) · fi kutsua palvelukseen (to conscript a person) · es minutar (to write a first version) · de draften (to select a rookie player) · de einberufen (to conscript a person) · cs povolat (to conscript a person) · es esbozar (to write a first version) · pt alistar (to conscript a person) · ru набра́ть (to conscript a person) · pl powołać (to conscript a person) · fi kirjoittaa (to write a law) · de auswählen (to select someone for a particular role or purpose) · fr conscrire (to conscript a person) · et visandama (to write a first version) · hu besoroz (to conscript a person) · bg нахвърлям (to draw in outline; to make a sketch) · oc conscriure (to conscript a person) · fr recruter (to conscript a person) · fr enrôler (to conscript a person) · ru мобилизова́ть (to conscript a person) · de verfassen (to write a law) · bg мобилизи́рам (to conscript a person) · sh драфтовати (to select a rookie player) · mi māpere (to conscript a person) · ru призва́ть (to conscript a person) · bg скици́рам (to write a first version) · ar سَوَّدَ (to write a first version) · no kladde (to write a first version) · fr esquisser (to draw in outline; to make a sketch) · fr ébaucher (to write a first version) · oc esboçar (to write a first version) · it arruolare (to conscript a person) · ro încorpora (to conscript a person) · fi luonnostella (to draw in outline; to make a sketch) · sv kommendera (to conscript a person) · de abkommandieren (to conscript a person) · oc enrotlar (to conscript a person) · bg нахвърлям (to write a first version) · et lähetama (to conscript a person) · de einberufen (to select someone for a particular role or purpose) · it stendere (to write a law) · bg подбирам (to select someone for a particular role or purpose)