draft

Senso (English)

Noun

1. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
2. The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
3. An act of drinking.
4. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
5. A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
6. Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
7. 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.
8. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
9. A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
10. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
11. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
12. A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
13. A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
14. The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
15. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
16. The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
17. The act of drawing in a net for fish.
18. That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
19. A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

Verb

1. To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
2. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
3. To write a law.
4. To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
5. To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
6. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
7. To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
8. To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
9. To draw out; to call forth.
10. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

Adj

1. Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
2. Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

Synonyms

draught

sketch

conscription

outline

blueprint

design

draught

conscript

plan

draw

rough copy

manuscript

bill of exchange

cheque

call up

chart

💹

draw up

bill

drag

levy

project

gulp

drawing

muster

plot

breath

current of air

scheme

draft copy

money order

call-up

layout

minute

enlist

traction

wind

promissory note

induction

rough draft

rough drawing

selective service

sip

print

muster in

order of payment

copy

conveying

act

call out

proof

tug

puff

pull

pulling

diagram

blowing

original text

order

compose

transporting

drafting

induct

shipping

rough

transportation

trace

dray

tow

dump

tipple

swig

delineate

write

✍️

delineation

potation

check

gust

portray

preliminary sketch

prepare

program

provisional

ration

record

recruit

recruitment

redact

reinforcements

rewrite

road map

roughcast

schedule

send

skeleton

spell

squad

study

suction

summary

summon

swallow

synopsis

table

take

taxis

temporary

temptation

trailing

transitory

troop

try

type

use

vent

ventilate

ventilating

venting

version

veto

voucher

wager

word

write in

write off

braille

IOU

money-order

pour off

sea gauge

time draft

original plan

original bill

speed of a boat

DFT

draughtiness

perflation

air

conception

stroke

ventilation

currency note

early version

payment voucher

preliminary outline

additional personnel/staff

fresh forces

vessel draught

make a minute of

shallow-draft

swimming stroke

time bill

dft

transfer note

traction drive

start writing

sketch out

adumbration

aeration

air draught

airiness

airing

apercu

attempt

author

bet

bite

blast

block out

bouquet

💐

breeze

brigade

call

careless

carelessly

code

cohort

cold air

concept

conceptualise

conceptualize

contrivance

convene

cut

decant

deliver

detachment

dish

dosage

dose

dram

drop a line

edit

enlistment

essay

fanning

fix

formulate

frame

fraught

gale

go

ground plan

group

handwritten

haul

helping

hit

immersion

impress

impressment

include

jag

letter

mail

make out

map

mark

mechanical drawing

military service

mobilize

momentary

motion

mouthful

notes

🎶

pack

paint

party

🥳

pattern

pen

🖊️

pencil

📝

plate

play

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɹɑːft/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: draught

Inherited from inglese antico: *dreaht

Cognate with olandese: dracht

Cognate with tedesco: Tracht

Cognate with islandese: dráttur

In summary

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”), equivalent to draw (“to draw, drag”) + -t. Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur.