1st pass of writing
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noun
- The act of drawing or pulling in a net
- Haul
"a draft of fish"
- The act or an instance of drinking or inhaling
"a last draft on her cigarette"
- A portion poured out or mixed for drinking dose
- The force required to pull a plow or other implement
- Load or load-pulling capacity
"the draft of a typical draft horse"
- The act of moving loads by drawing or pulling pull
- A team of animals together with what they draw
- Delineation, representation
"a draft for a future skyscraper"
- Scheme, design
- A preliminary sketch, outline, or version
"the author's first draft"
- The act, result, or plan of lengthening or stretching something (such as threads or metal)
- The act of causing a liquid to come out of a container or source the act of drawing (as from a cask or keg)
- A portion of liquid so drawn
"a draft of ale"
- Draft see draft beer
"a glass of draft"
- The depth of water a ship draws see drawtransitive 6} especially when loaded
- A group of individuals selected especially by military draft
- A system whereby exclusive rights to selected new players are apportioned among professional teams
"He was chosen in the first round of the draft."
- An order for the payment of money drawn see draw by one person or bank on another
- The act or an instance of drawing from or making demands upon something demand
- A current of air in a closed-in space
"felt a draft"
- A device for regulating the flow of air (as in a fireplace)
"open the draft"
- Angle, taper
- A pocket of reduced air pressure behind a moving object
adjective
- Used or adapted for drawing loads
"draft horses"
- Being or having been ready to be drawn from a receptacle being or having been on draft
"drinking draft beer"
verb
- To conscript for military service
"was drafted and sent overseas"
- To select (a professional athlete) by draft
"got drafted by the Yankees"
- To draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of
"draft legislation"
- Compose, prepare
"draft a memo"
- To draw off or away
"water drafted by pumps"
- To stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racer
- To practice draftsmanship
- To draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)
noun
- A civilian board that registers, classifies, and selects men for compulsory military service
noun
- A person who illegally avoids joining the armed forces
adjective
- Opposed to a military draft of individuals for compulsory service
"anti-draft demonstrations"
noun
- A check from one bank to another bank for payment in the name of a particular person or organization
idiom
- To avoid being drafted into the military
"Many young men tried to dodge the draft by leaving the country."
noun
- A final version of something (such as a document) usually after a lot of editing and rewriting
"The final draft is due tomorrow."
This clue was used on July 7, 2025.
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