Word: draft
Category: draft
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Synonyms: draft
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: draft
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spanish
Translations:
bosquejar, proyecto, esbozo
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german
Translations:
entnahme, abhebung, zeichnung, vorlage, einberufung, kommando, abteilung, einziehung, entwurf, zug, ...
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french
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tracé, croquis, schéma, ébaucher, linéament, esquisse, effet, conscription, plan, maquette, ...
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italian
Translations:
tratta, bozza
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portuguese
Translations:
dúzia, esboço
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dutch
Translations:
wissel
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russian
Translations:
отцеживать, план, набрасывать, рисунок, сквозняк, набросок, чек, черновик, глоток, эскиз, ...
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norwegian
Translations:
utkast
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finnish
Translations:
luonnos, kaavailu, kutsunnat, kulaus, maksumääräys
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danish
Translations:
udkast
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czech
Translations:
náčrt, črtat, odvod, načrtnout, návrh, nákres, směnka, skica, koncept, nárys
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polish
Translations:
szkic, standard, weksel, konspekt, brudnopis, szkicować, zarys, cug, przewiew, zaciąg, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
tervezet, intézvény
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ukrainian
Translations:
низька, ковток, приблизний, відціджувати
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estonian
Translations:
skitseerima, tõmme, visand
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croatian
Translations:
izabiranje, mjenica, odred, skica, nacrt
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lithuanian
Translations:
brėžinys
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romanian
Translations:
proiect
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slovenian
Translations:
náčrt, koncept
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slovak
Translations:
návrh, náčrt, koncept
The meaning and "use of": draft
noun
- a preliminary version of a piece of writing. - the first draft of the party's manifesto
- compulsory recruitment for military service. - 25 million men were subject to the draft
- a current of cool air in a room or other confined space. - heavy curtains at the windows cut out drafts
- the action or act of pulling something along, especially a vehicle or farm implement. - He feels dragged to the street, pulled by the draft of the others.
- a written order to pay a specified sum; a check. - How could Dunlop walk into the AIB with cheques or drafts made out for large sums of money to a company of which he was not a director or shareholder or officer, and walk out again having converted them to cash?
- a single act of drinking or inhaling. - she downed the remaining beer in one draft
- the depth of water needed to float a ship. - the shallow draft enabled her to get close to shore
- prepare a preliminary version of (a text). - I drafted a letter of resignation
- select (a person or group of people) for a certain purpose. - he was drafted to help with the task force on best safety practices
- benefit from reduced wind resistance by driving very closely behind another vehicle. - I was most impressed by the discussion of whether the rider in front ALSO benefits from another rider drafting behind them.
- denoting beer or other drink that is kept in and served from a barrel or tank rather than from a bottle or can. - draft beer
- denoting an animal used for pulling heavy loads. - draft oxen
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