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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • not comparable Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled

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Noun:

  • A cheque, an order for money to be paid
  • A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle [also spelled draught].
  • An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow [also spelled draught]
  • An early version of a written work
  • A preliminary sketch, rough outline
  • conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
  • Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
  • nautical Depth of water needed to float a ship [also spelled draught].
  • railroading the pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
  • sports A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams

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Verb:

  • intransitive To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed.
  • to select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
  • sports to select a rookie player onto a professional sports team
  • transitive to conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military
  • transitive to force or convince a person to do a job they do not want to do
  • transitive to write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
  • write a law

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