Dictionary entry details
• DRAFT (noun)
Meaning:
A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
order of payment; draft; bill of exchange
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
negotiable instrument (an unconditional order or promise to pay an amount of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draft"):
money order; postal order (a written order for the payment of a sum to a named individual; obtainable and payable at a post office)
acceptance; banker's acceptance (banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank)
bank check; check; cheque (a written order directing a bank to pay money)
sight bill; sight draft (a draft payable on presentation)
time bill; time draft (a draft payable at a specified future date)
dividend warrant (an order of payment (such as a check payable to a shareholder) in which a dividend is paid)
bank draft; banker's draft (a draft drawn by a bank against funds deposited in another bank)
trade acceptance (a bill of exchange for a specific purchase; drawn on the buyer by the seller and bearing the buyer's acceptance)
redraft (a draft for the amount of a dishonored draft plus the costs and charges of drafting again)
inland bill (a bill of exchange that is both drawn and made payable in the same country)
foreign bill; foreign draft (a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another)
overdraft (a draft in excess of the credit balance)
Meaning:
A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
draft; draught
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draft"):
updraft (a strong upward air current)
downdraft (a strong downward air current)
Meaning:
A preliminary sketch of a design or picture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
rough drawing; draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
sketch; study (preliminary drawing for later elaboration)
Meaning:
A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
draught; potation; tipple; draft
Context example:
they served beer on draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draft"):
quaff (a hearty draft)
Meaning:
Preliminary version of a written work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
draft copy; draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
text; textual matter (the words of something written)
Meaning:
The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
draught; draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
depth (extent downward or backward or inward)
Meaning:
A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
regulator (any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.)
Meaning:
A dose of liquid medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
draught; draft
Context example:
he took a sleeping draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
Meaning:
Compulsory military service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
conscription; selective service; muster; draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
militarisation; militarization; mobilisation; mobilization (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draft"):
levy; levy en masse (the act of drafting into military service)
Meaning:
A large and hurried swallow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
gulp; swig; draught; draft
Context example:
he finished it at a single gulp
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)
Meaning:
The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
draught; drawing; draft
Hypernyms ("draft" is a kind of...):
pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
• DRAFT (verb)
Meaning:
Draw up an outline or sketch for something
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
draft; outline
Context example:
draft a speech
Hypernyms (to "draft" is one way to...):
compose; indite; pen; write (produce a literary work)
Domain category:
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he draft his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Engage somebody to enter the army
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
muster in; draft; enlist
Hypernyms (to "draft" is one way to...):
enrol; enroll; enter; inscribe; recruit (register formally as a participant or member)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "draft"):
levy; raise; recruit (cause to assemble or enlist in the military)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make a blueprint of
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
blueprint; draught; draft
Hypernyms (to "draft" is one way to...):
design; plan (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
