draught
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- draft (US)
[edit] Etymology
From Old English dræht, from Proto-Germanic *drahtiz.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /dɹɑːft/, SAMPA: /dr\A:ft/
- (US) IPA: /dɹæft/, /dɹɔt/ (incorrect; by association with words like caught and taught), SAMPA: /dr\{ft/
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Audio (US) (file) - (UK) Rhymes: -ɑːft
- (US) Rhymes: -æft
- Homophone: draft
[edit] Noun
draught (plural draughts)
- The action or an act of pulling something along, especially a beast of burden, vehicle or tractor.
- The act of drawing.
- That which is drawn.
- That which draws.
- Capacity of being drawn.
- A current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle).
- The depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull.
- An amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow.
- She took a deep draught from the bottle of water.
- The act of drawing in a net for fish.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:
- he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nett to make a draught.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke V:
- (UK) A game piece used in the game of draughts.
- (Australian) A type of beer, brewed using a top-fermenting yeast; ale.
- (UK, Ireland) Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
- (dated) A dose of medicine in liquid form.
- (obsolete) A privy.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- Then sayde Jesus: are ye yett withoute understondinge? perceave ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth doune into the bely, and ys cast out into the draught?
- 1623, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens:
- Rid me these Villaines from your companies; / Hang them, or stab them, drowne them in a draught, / Confound them by some course, and come to me, / Ile giue you Gold enough.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:
- (obsolete) A drawing or picture.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.22:
- And therefore, for the whole process, and full representation, there must be more than one draught; the one representing him in station, the other in session, another in genuflexion.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.22:
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[edit] Translations
The action or an act of pulling something along
a current of air
the depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull
an amount of liquid that is drunk in one swallow
game piece
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