Added 2 October 2026
draft
/dɹɑːft/ noun
In Latin: perflātus Wiktionary
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Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows: A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process. An act of drinking. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
to drink at a draft
- A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.
verb
- To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.
- To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- To write a law.
adjective
Origin
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”). Cognate with Dutch dracht, German Tracht, Icelandic dráttur. By surface analysis, draw + -t.
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