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DRAUGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("draught" is a kind of...):
pull; pulling (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A large and hurried swallow
Example:
he finished it at a single gulp
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("draught" is a kind of...):
deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A dose of liquid medicine
Example:
he took a sleeping draft
Synonyms:
draft; draught
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("draught" is a kind of...):
dosage; dose (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
Synonyms:
draft; draught
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("draught" is a kind of...):
deepness; depth (the extent downward or backward or inward)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
Example:
they served beer on draft
Synonyms:
draft; draught; potation; tipple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("draught" is a kind of...):
drink (a single serving of a beverage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "draught"):
quaff (a hearty draft)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
Synonyms:
draft; draught
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("draught" 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 "draught"):
updraft (a strong upward air current)
downdraft (a strong downward air current)
Derivation:
draughty (not airtight)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a blueprint of
Synonyms:
blueprint; draft; draught
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "draught" is one way to...):
design; plan (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
As he did so, a draught of air fanned him, and a large, winged body swept ominously and silently past.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A draught in the room was necessary for that.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Anywhere, so that Jane is not in a draught.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Dear Mrs. Reed, said I, as I offered her the draught she required, think no more of all this, let it pass away from your mind.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was exceedingly dry, so I lay down and took a long draught of its waters, which were fresh and cold.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She drank out of a golden cup, above a hogshead at a draught.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
These changes would be particularly beneficial in the developing world, where better irrigation technology, water storage, and education would make a big difference to agricultural yield and reduce loss from draught.
(Model shows pathway to feeding the world, SciDev.Net)
Mrs. Phillips was always glad to see her nieces; and the two eldest, from their recent absence, were particularly welcome, and she was eagerly expressing her surprise at their sudden return home, which, as their own carriage had not fetched them, she should have known nothing about, if she had not happened to see Mr. Jones's shop-boy in the street, who had told her that they were not to send any more draughts to Netherfield because the Miss Bennets were come away, when her civility was claimed towards Mr. Collins by Jane's introduction of him.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“When you go out close the door, for there is a decided draught.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The air seems full of specks, floating and circling in the draught from the window, and the lights burn blue and dim. What am I to do?
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
