ALL meanings of anti-draft
an·ti-draft
A a - noun anti-draft a drawing, sketch, or design. 1
- noun anti-draft a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. 1
- noun anti-draft act of drawing; delineation. 1
- noun anti-draft a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove. 1
- noun anti-draft a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction. 1
- noun anti-draft a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc. 1
- noun anti-draft an act of drawing or pulling loads. 1
- noun anti-draft something that is drawn or pulled; a haul. 1
- noun anti-draft an animal or team of animals used to pull a load. 1
- noun anti-draft the force required to pull a load. 1
- noun anti-draft the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source. 1
- noun anti-draft a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription. 1
- noun anti-draft the persons so selected. 1
- noun anti-draft Sports. a selecting or drawing of new players from a choice group of amateur players by professional teams, especially a system of selecting new players so that each team in a professional league receives some of the most promising players. 1
- noun anti-draft British. a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment. 1
- noun anti-draft a written order drawn by one person upon another; a writing directing the payment of money on account of the drawer; bill of exchange. 1
- noun anti-draft a drain or demand made on anything. 1
- noun anti-draft draft beer. 1
- noun anti-draft an act of drinking or inhaling. 1
- noun anti-draft something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose. 1
- noun anti-draft a quantity of fish caught. 1
- noun anti-draft Nautical. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load. 1
- noun anti-draft Also called leave. Metallurgy. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold. 1
- noun anti-draft Metalworking. the change in sectional area of a piece of work caused by a rolling or drawing operation. a taper on a die or punch permitting it to be withdrawn readily from the work. 1
- noun anti-draft Masonry. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces. 1
- noun anti-draft Textiles. the degree of attenuation produced in fibers during yarn processing, expressed either by the ratio of the weight of raw to the weight of processed fiber, or by the ratio between the varying surface speeds of the rollers on the carding machine. the act of attenuating the fibers. 1
- noun anti-draft an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight. 1
- verb with object anti-draft to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch. 1
- verb with object anti-draft to draw up in written form; compose. 1
- verb with object anti-draft to draw or pull. 1
- verb with object anti-draft to take or select by draft, especially for military service. 1
- verb with object anti-draft Masonry. to cut a draft on. 1
- verb without object anti-draft to do mechanical drawing; work as a draftsman. 1
- verb without object anti-draft (in an automobile race) to drive or ride close behind another car so as to benefit from the reduction in air pressure created behind the car ahead. 1
- adjective anti-draft used or suited for drawing loads: a draft horse. 1
- adjective anti-draft drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle: draft ale. 1
- adjective anti-draft being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch. 1
- idioms anti-draft on draft, available to be drawn from a cask rather than from a sealed bottle: imported beer on draft. 1