ALL meanings of drafting
draft·ing
D d - noun drafting a drawing, sketch, or design. 2
- noun drafting Present participle of draft. 1
- noun drafting a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. 1
- noun drafting act of drawing; delineation. 1
- noun drafting a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove. 1
- noun drafting a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction. 1
- noun drafting a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc. 1
- noun drafting an act of drawing or pulling loads. 1
- noun drafting something that is drawn or pulled; a haul. 1
- noun drafting an animal or team of animals used to pull a load. 1
- noun drafting the force required to pull a load. 1
- noun drafting the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source. 1
- noun drafting a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription. 1
- noun drafting the persons so selected. 1
- noun drafting 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 drafting British. a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment. 1
- noun drafting 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 drafting a drain or demand made on anything. 1
- noun drafting draft beer. 1
- noun drafting an act of drinking or inhaling. 1
- noun drafting something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose. 1
- noun drafting a quantity of fish caught. 1
- noun drafting Nautical. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load. 1
- noun drafting 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 drafting 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 a taper on a die or punch permitting it to be withdrawn readily from the work. 1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 drafting Masonry. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces. 1
- noun drafting 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 drafting an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight. 1
- verb with object drafting to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch. 1
- verb with object drafting to draw up in written form; compose. 1
- verb with object drafting to draw or pull. 1
- verb with object drafting to take or select by draft, especially for military service. 1
- verb with object drafting Masonry. to cut a draft on. 1
- verb without object drafting to do mechanical drawing; work as a draftsman. 1
- verb without object drafting (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 drafting used or suited for drawing loads: a draft horse. 1
- adjective drafting drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle: draft ale. 1
- adjective drafting being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch. 1
- idioms drafting on draft, available to be drawn from a cask rather than from a sealed bottle: imported beer on draft. 1
- noun drafting The act or process of producing a technical drawing, or draft. 0
- noun drafting The art of producing technical drawings. 0
- noun drafting A profession, usually related to making technical drawings for architecture, engineering, or manufacturing. 0
- verb drafting The practice among ground vehicle drivers or cyclists of following in a close line to reduce wind resistance. 0
- verb drafting A method of preparing fibers for weaving. 0