drafted

verb

  1. 1

    To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.

  2. 2

    To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

  3. 3

    To write a law.

  4. 4

    To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

    He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
  5. 5

    To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.

    There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
  6. 6

    To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.

    The calves were drafted from the cows.
  7. 7

    To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.

    After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.
  8. 8

    To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.

  9. 9

    To draw out; to call forth.

  10. 10

    To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc.

    A johnboat is a shallow drafted boat favored by fishermen.
  2. 2

    Conscripted

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