Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Alternative spelling of draft
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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noun
Alternative form of draft in some of its senses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
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noun
A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable
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noun
A mild vesicatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Any picture or drawing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A sudden attack upon an enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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verb
Alternative spelling of draft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative
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noun
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: draft, drawing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pull, pulling
noun
a large and hurried swallow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: gulp, draft, swig
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swallow, drink, deglutition
noun
a dose of liquid medicine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: draft
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dose, dosage
noun
the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: draft
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depth, deepness
noun
a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: draft, potation, tipple
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drink
Narrower terms: quaff
noun
a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: draft
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
Narrower terms: updraft, downdraft
verb
make a blueprint of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: blueprint, draft
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: design, plan
History
From Middle English draught, draght, draȝt, from Old English *dreaht, *dræht (related to dragan (“to draw, drag”)), from Proto-Germanic *drahtuz, noun form of *draganą; equivalent to draw + -t.
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
