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Meaning of drafts

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

drafts

noun

Definitions

  1. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

  2. 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.

    Example: She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

verb

Definitions

  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.

    Example: He was drafted during the Vietnam War.