ALL meanings of drafter
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D d - noun drafter A person who prepares technical drawings and plans. 1
- noun drafter a drawing, sketch, or design. 1
- noun drafter a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. 1
- noun drafter act of drawing; delineation. 1
- noun drafter a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove. 1
- noun drafter a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction. 1
- noun drafter a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc. 1
- noun drafter an act of drawing or pulling loads. 1
- noun drafter something that is drawn or pulled; a haul. 1
- noun drafter an animal or team of animals used to pull a load. 1
- noun drafter the force required to pull a load. 1
- noun drafter the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source. 1
- noun drafter a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription. 1
- noun drafter the persons so selected. 1
- noun drafter 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 drafter British. a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment. 1
- noun drafter 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 drafter a drain or demand made on anything. 1
- noun drafter draft beer. 1
- noun drafter an act of drinking or inhaling. 1
- noun drafter something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose. 1
- noun drafter a quantity of fish caught. 1
- noun drafter Nautical. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load. 1
- noun drafter 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 drafter 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 a taper on a die or punch permitting it to be withdrawn readily from the work. 1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 drafter Masonry. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces. 1
- noun drafter 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 drafter an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight. 1
- verb with object drafter to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch. 1
- verb with object drafter to draw up in written form; compose. 1
- verb with object drafter to draw or pull. 1
- verb with object drafter to take or select by draft, especially for military service. 1
- verb with object drafter Masonry. to cut a draft on. 1
- verb without object drafter to do mechanical drawing; work as a draftsman. 1
- verb without object drafter (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 drafter used or suited for drawing loads: a draft horse. 1
- adjective drafter drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle: draft ale. 1
- adjective drafter being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch. 1
- idioms drafter on draft, available to be drawn from a cask rather than from a sealed bottle: imported beer on draft. 1
- noun drafter planner 1
- noun drafter a person who prepares drafts. 0
- noun drafter (US) a person who writes a legislative bill. 0