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drafting

Main Entry:: ³draft
Function:: verb
Date:: 1714

transitive verb

1: to select for some purpose: as a: to conscript for military service b: to select (a professional athlete) by draft 2 a: to draw the preliminary sketch, version, or plan of <draft legislation> b: compose, prepare <draft a memo>3: to draw off or away <water drafted by pumps>4: to stay close behind (another racer) so as to take advantage of the reduced air pressure created by the leading racerintransitive verb1: to practice draftsmanship2: to draft another racer (as in car or bike racing)

— draft·able

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\ˈdraf-tə-bəl, ˈdräf-\ adjective

— draft·ee

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\ˌdraf-ˈtē, ˌdräf-\ noun

— draft·er

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\ˈdraf-tər, ˈdräf-\ noun

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