Draft

Quick meaning: Draft is a noun meaning A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
2. An act of drinking.
3. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
4. A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
5. Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
6. A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.
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.

Example Sentences

to drink at a draft

He left the country to avoid the draft.

She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.

Word Forms

• drafts
• draught
• drafting
• drafted

Synonyms for draft

Depending on context, synonyms include swig, slipstream, rough, outline, draught, gulp.

Antonyms for draft

Common opposites include discharge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tipple, draught, blueprint, drawing, swig, gulp.

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