'Drafting' definitions:
Definition of 'drafting'
From: WordNet
noun
Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later
noun
The craft of drawing blueprints [syn: drafting, mechanical drawing]
noun
The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father" [syn: drawing, draftsmanship, drafting]
Definition of 'Drafting'
From: GCIDE
- Draft \Draft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Drafted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drafting.]
- 1. To draw the outline of; to delineate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To transfer by draft. [1913 Webster]
- All her rents been drafted to London. -- Fielding. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'drafting'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'drafting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Drafting'
- Draft,
- Drafted,
- Draft box,
- Draft engine,
- Draft horse,
- Draft net,
- Draft ox,
- Draft tube,
- Margin draft,
- Sight draft,
- Stuarts Draft,
- To note a draft,
- bank draft,
- banker's draft,
- demand draft,
- draft animal,
- draft beer,
- draft board,
- draft copy,
- draft dodger,
- draft evader,
- drafting board,
- drafting instrument,
- drafting table,
- first draft,
- foreign draft,
- rough draft,
- time draft,
- Stuarts Draft, VA,
- shallow-draft