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(noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
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Synonyms: draught, drawing |
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Related Words: pull, pulling |
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(verb) draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" |
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Synonyms: outline, rough |
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Related Words: compose, indite, pen, write |
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(noun) a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft" |
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Synonyms: draught |
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Related Words: dose |
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(noun) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
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Synonyms: rough drawing |
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Related Words: sketch, study |
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(noun) a device for regulating the flow of air in a fireplace |
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Related Words: regulator |
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(noun) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) |
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Related Words: depth |
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(noun) preliminary version of a written work |
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Synonyms: draft copy |
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Related Words: text, textual matter |
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(noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) |
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Synonyms: draught, potation, tipple |
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Related Words: drink |
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(noun) a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle) |
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Synonyms: air current, draught |
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Related Words: downdraft, thermal, updraft, wind |
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(noun) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another |
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Synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment |
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Related Words: acceptance, bank check, bank draft, banker's acceptance, banker's draft, check, cheque, dividend warrant, foreign bill, foreign draft, inland bill, money order, negotiable instrument, overdraft, postal order, redraft, sight draft, time draft, trade acceptance |
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(noun) a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp" |
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Synonyms: draught, gulp, swig |
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Related Words: deglutition, drink, swallow |
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(verb) engage somebody to enter the army |
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Synonyms: enlist, muster in |
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Related Words: conscript, enrol, enroll, enter, inscribe, levy, raise, recruit, recruit |
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(verb) make a blueprint of |
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Synonyms: blueprint, draught |
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Related Words: design, plan |
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(noun) compulsory military service |
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Synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service |
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Related Words: levy, levy en masse, militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization |
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