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DRAFTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The craft of drawing blueprints
Synonyms:
drafting; mechanical drawing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drafting" is a kind of...):
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
Derivation:
draft (make a blueprint of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drafting" is a kind of...):
authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)
Derivation:
draft (draw up an outline or sketch for something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams
Example:
he learned drawing from his father
Synonyms:
drafting; draftsmanship; drawing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("drafting" is a kind of...):
art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drafting"):
pyrography (the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame)
tracing (the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb draft
