[syn: drawing, draftsmanship, drafting]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drafting.]
1. To draw the outline of; to delineate.
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2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
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3. To draw from a military band or post, or from any
district, company, or society; to detach; to select;
especially, to compulsorily select and induct members of a
population to serve in the armed forces.
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HotLips Houlihan: How did a degenerate person like
him achieve such a position of responsibility in the
army? Radar: He was drafted. --M*A*S*H (the
movie)
Some royal seminary in Upper Egypt, from whence they
drafted novices to supply their colleges and
temples. -- Holwell.
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4. To transfer by draft.
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All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
drafting \drafting\ n.
1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished
later.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. the craft of drawing blueprints.
Syn: mechanical drawing.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. a creation of artistic drawings.
Syn: drawing, draftsmanship.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drafting
n 1: writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
2: the craft of drawing blueprints [syn: drafting, mechanical
drawing]
3: the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned
drawing from his father" [syn: drawing, draftsmanship,
drafting]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "drafting":
aspiration, black and white, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching,
call, call-up, charcoal, compulsory military service, conscription,
cupping, delineation, draft, draft call, drainage, draining,
drawing, emptying, enlistment, enrollment, impressment, induction,
levy, milking, mobilization, muster, phlebotomy, pipetting, press,
pumping, recruiting, recruitment, selective service, siphoning,
sketching, sucking, suction, summons, tapping, venesection