Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun draughts

1 sense of draughts

Sense 1
checkers, draughts -- (a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces)
       => board game -- (a game played on a specially designed board)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun draught

6 senses of draught

Sense 1
draft, draught, potation, tipple -- (a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg; "they served beer on draft")
       => drink -- (a single serving of a beverage; "I asked for a hot drink"; "likes a drink before dinner")

Sense 2
gulp, draft, draught, swig -- (a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single gulp")
       => swallow, drink, deglutition -- (the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips")

Sense 3
draft, draught -- (a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle))
       => wind, air current, current of air -- (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere")

Sense 4
draft, draught -- (the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded))
       => depth, deepness -- (the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet")

Sense 5
draft, draught -- (a dose of liquid medicine; "he took a sleeping draft")
       => dose, dosage -- (a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time)

Sense 6
draft, draught, drawing -- (the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling)
       => pull, pulling -- (the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb draught

1 sense of draught

Sense 1
blueprint, draft, draught -- (make a blueprint of)
       => design, plan -- (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum")

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