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# draught

«draught» in Mova's school dictionary: **A current of cold air coming into a room: There's a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a draught, draughts); draughts (UK game, plural noun); adjective (draught beer) — UK spelling; US: draft

### meaning for a pupil

1) (UK) A current of cold air coming into a room: There's a draught from the window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#m1)

2) (UK, draughts) A board game for two players with round flat pieces, called checkers in the US; a draught is one piece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#m2)

3) A drink taken in one go or a big swallow: a long draught of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#m3)

4) (adjective) Beer served from a barrel, not a bottle: draught beer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#m4)

5) The depth of water a ship needs to float. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand you «keep out the draught» with a draught excluder; children play draughts; in science a draught shows warm and cold air moving. Phrases: «a draught excluder», «play draughts», «feel a draught».

### examples

- Close the door, there's a draught! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x1)
- We played draughts on a rainy afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x2)
- Grandma put a draught excluder by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x3)
- He took a long draught of cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x4)
- I've got 7 draughts left and you have 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x5)
- Cold draughts make the house hard to heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x6)
- "Moisten my tongue--bring me a refreshing draught." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/#x7)

### note

Say «draft». UK spelling «draught»; American spelling «draft» for air and drink, and Americans call the game «checkers». Do not confuse with «drought» (no rain for a long time, said «drowt»). «Draft» is also a first version of writing in all countries.

### In the corpora

- [Every evening she lies across Sam's bedroom door like a furry draught excluder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/460-the-pet-that-loves-you-most/1/)
- ["protYah" means a draught, and many Ukrainian grannies close the windows because they believe a draught makes you ill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/7/)
- [Colds are caused by viruses, not by a draught, but it is polite to respect the granny's worry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/24-snowmen-hats-draughts-today-tomorrow/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «draught» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draught/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.