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draft
has definitions from the fields of biology,military,medicine,pharmacology,fine art,writing,food,meteorology,banking
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[ verb ] (writing) draw up an outline or sketch for something
Examples "draft a speech" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Council president Frank_SanAntonio said yesterday he may ask the council to formally request Town_Solicitor_Michael_A._Abatuno to draft the ordinance . (Richard B. Morris, "Seven Who Set Our Destiny"...)Hamilton was bent over his desk , drafting a legal paper by the light of a candle . (Clarence Streit, "How the Civil War Kept You Sovereign"...)But though the Southern States , when drafting a constitution to unite themselves , narrowed the difference to this fine point by omitting to assert the right to secede , the fact remained that by seceding from the Union they had already acted_on the concept that it was composed primarily of sovereign states . |
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[ verb ] (military) engage somebody to enter the army
Used in print ("Reviews"...)Drafted into the Austrian army , he rebelliously rejected discipline , wangled a Vienna billet , went_on painting . (National Review...)In 1954 I was drafted and after serving two years honorably on Active Duty I was not required to participate in any further Army_Reserve activities . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (meteorology) a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
Synonyms Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)Sarah had begun to tell Lucien of Emile , she had begun to question and a little draft had crept across the room from the bedroom door , open barely enough to show a rim of blackness in the hall . |
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[ noun ] (fine art) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
Synonyms Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)When this linear draft is completed , I dust it down to a faint image . |
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[ noun ] (writing,banking) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
Synonyms Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)By early summer , he wrote from Laramie that he was suffering from the wound inflicted in the ambush and was in_a_bad_way financially , so Pels sent him a draft for $ 100 , warning that it was still not wise for him to return . |
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[ noun ] a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
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[ noun ] (military) compulsory military service
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