draft
Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flowsSenses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
» I feel a draft.
Я чувствую сквозняк.
Я відчуваю протяг.
Meaning
24 sensesSenses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:
(US, countable, uncountable)A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
(US, countable, uncountable)The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
Zug
тя́гаtjága
(US, countable, uncountable)An act of drinking.
питьёpitʹjó
пиття́pyttjá
the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
(US, countable, uncountable)The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
to drink at a draft
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.
Schluck, Zug
глото́кglotók
ковто́кkovtók
a dose of liquid medicine
(US, countable, uncountable)A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
до́заdóza
до́заdóza
(US, countable, uncountable)Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
Fassbier, gezapftes Bier
(US, countable, uncountable)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.
Tiefgang
оса́дкаosádka
(Preliminary) written work:
(countable, uncountable)A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.
Entwurf
чернови́кčernovík
черне́ткаčernétka, чорня́кčornják
any of the various versions in the development of a written work
(countable, uncountable)An unsent e-mail.
(countable, uncountable)A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
Entwurf
эски́зeskíz, набро́сокnabrósok
ескі́зeskíz, на́черкnáčerk, на́рисnárys
a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
Senses relating to conscription or selection from a pool:
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable, usually)Conscription; the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
He left the country to avoid the draft.
Musterung, Wehrdienst, Einziehung
призы́вprizýv, набо́рnabór
при́зовprýzov, набі́рnabír
(countable, uncountable)A person who has been drafted; a conscript or draftee.
Examples
101 sentencesI feel a draft.
Я відчуваю протяг.
ruЯ чувствую сквозняк.
Your first draft was fine.
Твій перший варіант був у порядку.
You were a draft dodger, weren't you?
Ти був ухиленцем, еге ж?
I made a draft of my speech.
He is busy with the final draft.
ruОн занят подготовкой окончательного проекта.
Translations
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Origin
A phonetic spelling of draught (compare laughter), from Middle English draught, draght (“tA 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”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
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Forms
plural: draftsSynonyms
13 synonyms- the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling:draughtdrawing
- a dose of liquid medicine:draught
- a preliminary sketch of a design or picture:rough drawing
- the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded):draught
- any of the various versions in the development of a written work:draft copy
- a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg:draughtpotationtipple
Word family
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