Meaning of draft | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. Drawn from a large container, such as a keg.
3. The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
   US, countable, uncountable
4. on draft, available to be drawn from a cask: beer on draft.
5. An act of drinking.
   US, countable, uncountable
6. The force required to pull an implement while in operation.
7. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
   US, countable, uncountable
8. to evade military service. ontwyk diensplig يَتَجَنَّب التَّجْنيد избягвам военна служба fugir do serviço militar vyhnout se odvodu die Verweigerung des Wehrdienstes være militærnægter αποφεύγω στράτευση evadir el servicio militar väeteenistusest kõrvale hoidma از خدمت نظام طفره رفتن välttää asepalvelus échapper à la conscription לְהִתְחָמֵק מְגִיוּס חוֹבָה सैन्य सेवा से बचना izbjeći vojnu službu kivonja magát a katonai szolgálat alól menghindari dinas militer evadere il servizio militare 徴兵を...
9. A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
   US, countable, uncountable
10. a person who illegally avoids joining the army. aquele que foge do serviço militar der Wehrdiestverweigerer pirata informático asepalvelusta välttelevä henkilö insoumis 徴兵忌避者 징병 기피자 vengiantis karo tarnybos dienstplichtontduiker له عسكرى خدمت څخه تښتيدل หนีทหาร asker kaçağı 逃避兵役者 逃避兵役者
11. Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
    US, countable, uncountable
12. evasion of military service. dros تَجَنُّب التَّجْنيد избягване на военна служба evasão do serviço militar vyhnutí se odvodu die Wehrdienstverweigerung nægten at gøre militærtjeneste φυγοστρατία evasión del servicio militar väeteenistusest kõrvalehoidmine فرار از خدمت نظام asepalveluksen välttely insoumissionמשתמט सैन्य सेवा से फरार izbjegavanje vojne službe katonai szolgálat megtagadása hal menghindari dinas militer evasione del servizio militare 徴兵忌避 징병 기피 karo tarnybos vengimas izvairīšanā...
13. 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.
    US, countable, uncountable
14. A current of air in an enclosed area.
15. A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
    countable, uncountable
16. A device that regulates the flow or circulation of air.
17. An unsent e-mail.
    countable, uncountable
18. The act of pulling loads; traction.
19. A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
    countable, uncountable
20. Nautical The depth of a vessel's keel below the water line, especially when loaded: a river vessel of shallow draft.
    Nautical
21. An order for money to be paid; the document that states it: a cheque, note, bond, bill of exchange, money order, or IOU.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
22. Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
    Canada, US, countable, uncountable, usually
23. A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
    countable, uncountable
24. A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
    US, countable, uncountable
25. A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
    US, countable, uncountable
26. A style of play in collectible card games, where players select from a shared pool of cards.
    countable, uncountable
27. A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
    British, English, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable
28. The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack (stretched) condition.
    US, countable, uncountable
29. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
    countable, uncountable
30. The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
    US, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable
31. The act of drawing in a net for fish.
    US, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable
32. That which is drawn in; a catch; a haul.
    US, archaic, countable, possibly, uncountable
33. A small stream or tributary.
    Appalachia, countable, uncountable
34. A ravine or narrow valley, especially one through which a stream (at least intermittently) flows.
    Appalachia, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West, countable, especially, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“to drink at a draft”

“She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.”

“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.”

“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[…]”

“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.”

“He left the country to avoid the draft.”

“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.”

“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;...”

“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.”

“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.”

“An earlier draft of horses for the 4th Light Dragoons, however,was very different.”

“The Light Brigade have got a draft of about 250 horses from England, and we expect ours shortly.”

“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.”

“He cast his net, which brought him a very great draft.”

“Crossing several ridges & hollows & two small drafts of water.”

“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.””

“[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.”

“Then came the pleasant toil up and down the ridges and drafts of the Knob.”

“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.”

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