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Draught

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Noun

1. draft, draught, potation, tipple

a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

Example Sentences:
'they served beer on draft'

2. draft, draught, gulp, swig

a large and hurried swallow

Example Sentences:
'he finished it at a single gulp'

3. draft, draught

a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

4. draft, draught

the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

5. draft, draught

a dose of liquid medicine

Example Sentences:
'he took a sleeping draft'

6. draft, draught, drawing

the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

Verb

7. blueprint, draft, draught

make a blueprint of

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Draught

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noun
1. 
a current of air, esp one intruding into an enclosed space
2. 
a. 
the act of pulling a load, as by a vehicle or animal
b. 
(as modifier)
a draught horse
3. 
the load or quantity drawn
4. 
a portion of liquid to be drunk, esp a dose of medicine
5. 
the act or an instance of drinking; a gulp or swallow
6. 
the act or process of drawing air, smoke, etc, into the lungs
7. 
the amount of air, smoke, etc, inhaled in one breath
8.  on draught
9. Also called: draughtsman
any one of the 12 flat thick discs used by each player in the game of draughts
. US and Canadian equivalent: checker
10. 
the depth of a loaded vessel in the water, taken from the level of the waterline to the lowest point of the hull
11.  feel the draught

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Draught

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noun, verb transitive, adjective
British
draft

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Draught

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n., v. & adj.
Chiefly British
Variant of draft.

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