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Moderatedraft
The correct spelling is draft.
How to pronounce draft
/dɹæft/
nounIPA: /dɹæft/
Say it like: Dra-ft
The correct spelling is draft. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. For example: "She took a deep draft from the bottle of water."
Usage Examples
“She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.”
“His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.”
“He left the country to avoid the draft.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
- 2.Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
- 3.An act of drinking.
- 4.The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
- 5.A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
verb
- 1.To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
- 2.To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
- 3.To write a law.
- 4.To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
- 5.To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
adjective
- 1.Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
- 2.Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.
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