draft /dräft/

1. Anything drawn
2. The selecting of a smaller body (of people, animals or things) from a larger
3. The body so selected (esp military)
4. A member of it
5. Conscription (US)
6. An order eg to a bank for the payment of money
7. A demand (upon resources, credulity, patience, etc)
8. A plan
9. A preliminary sketch, or version of a piece of writing
10. A draught (in various senses; occasional and US)

1. To draw an outline of
2. To draw up in preliminary form
3. To draw off
4. To detach

drafteeˈ noun

A conscript

draftˈer or draughtˈer noun

1. A person who drafts
2. A draught horse

draftiness noun see draught

drafty adjective see draught

draftˈ-bar noun

A drawbar

draftˈ-dodger noun (US informal)

A person who avoids conscription

draftˈ-dodging noun

draft horse, draft ox, drafts, draftsˈman, draftsˈmanship see under draught

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