Found 4 items, similar to Draft.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: draft
anggitan, bagan, draft, konsep, menganggit, merancang, wesel
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: draft
draft
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: draft
draft
n 1: a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one
person or bank on another [syn:
bill of exchange,
order of payment
]
2: a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
[syn:
draught]
3: a preliminary sketch of a design or picture [syn:
rough drawing
]
4: a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
“they served beer on draft” [syn:
draught,
potation,
tipple]
5: preliminary version of a written work [syn:
draft copy]
6: the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially
when loaded) [syn:
draught]
7: a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
8: a dose of liquid medicine;
“he took a sleeping draft” [syn:
draught]
9: compulsory military service [syn:
conscription,
muster,
selective service]
10: a large and hurried swallow;
“he finished it at a single
gulp” [syn:
gulp,
draught,
swig]
11: the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling [syn:
draught,
drawing]
draft
v 1: draw up an outline or sketch for something;
“draft a speech”
[syn:
outline]
2: engage somebody to enter the army [syn:
enlist,
muster in]
[ant:
discharge]
3: make a blueprint of [syn:
blueprint,
draught]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Draft
Draft
\Draft\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or used for, drawing or pulling (as
vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as
Draught; as, a draft
horse.
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2. Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of
air. Same as
Draught.
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Note: The forms draft and draught, in the senses above-given,
are both in approved use.
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Draft box,
Draft engine,
Draft horse,
Draft net,
Draft ox,
Draft tube. Same as
Draught box,
Draught engine
, etc. See under
Draught.
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Draft
\Draft\ (dr[.a]ft), n. [The same word as draught. OE.
draught, draht, fr. AS. dragan to draw. See
Draw, and cf.
Draught.]
1. The act of drawing; also, the thing drawn. Same as
Draught.
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Everything available for draft burden. -- S. G.
Goodrich.
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2. (Mil.) A selecting or detaching of soldiers from an army,
or from any part of it, or from a military post; also from
any district, or any company or collection of persons, or
from the people at large; also, the body of men thus
drafted.
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Several of the States had supplied the deficiency by
drafts to serve for the year. --Marshall.
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3. An order from one person or party to another, directing
the payment of money; a bill of exchange.
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I thought it most prudent to defer the drafts till
advice was received of the progress of the loan. --
A. Hamilton.
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4. An allowance or deduction made from the gross weight of
goods. -- Simmonds.
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5. A drawing of lines for a plan; a plan delineated, or drawn
in outline; a delineation. See
Draught.
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6. The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough
sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or
completed. See
Draught.
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7. (Masonry)
(a) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked
differently from the rest of its face.
(b) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the
edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the
stone-cutter.
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8. (Milling) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a
millstone.
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9. (Naut.) Depth of water necessary to float a ship. See
Draught.
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10. A current of air. Same as
Draught.
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11. A quantity of liquid poured out for drinking; a dose.
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12. The act of drawing a quantity of liquid from a large
container; also, the quantity of liquid so drawn.
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13. A device for regulating the flow of gases in a chimney,
stovepipe, fireplace, etc.; as, to close the chimney
draft. It is usually a flat plate of the same internal
dimensions as the flue, which can be rotated to be
parallel to or perpendicular to the current of gases.
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Draft
\Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drafting.]
1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
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2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
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3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any
district, company, or society; to detach; to select;
especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a
population to serve in the armed forces.
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HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like
him achieve such a position of responsibility in the
army? Radar: He was drafted. --M*A*S*H (the
movie)
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they
drafted novices to supply their colleges and
temples. -- Holwell.
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4. To transfer by draft.
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All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
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