draught

Other spellings

• (US) draft

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /drɑːft/, SAMPA: /drA:ft/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /dræft/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone(s): draft

Noun

Singular draught

Plural draughts

1. (countable) A draught is a wind which blows through a building.
2. (countable) (UK) A draught is a piece which is used in a game called draughts.
3. (medicine)(old, no longer used) A draught is a mild vesicatory.

Verb

Plain form draught

Third-person singular draughts

Past tense draughted

Past participle draughted

Present participle draughting

1. (transitive) To draught means to draw.
2. (transitive) To draught means to pull something along, especially a vehicle or a tractor.