draft
Forms
- Plural
- drafts
- present (v1)
- draft
- past (v2)
- drafted
- past participle (v3)
- drafted
- present participle
- drafting
- 3rd person singular
- drafts
Definitions
1.A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
2.The draw through a flue of gasses or 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.
- She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
1.To write a first version; to 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 select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.
- He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
- The calves were drafted from the cows.
- There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2651
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
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”).