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Draught Past Tense
The past tense of Draught is draughted.
1. draught
noun. ['ˈdræft'] a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg.
Antonyms
Etymology
- dræht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Draught
- redraft
- staffed
- kraft
- krafft
- graft
- draft
- craft
- taft
- shaft
- raft
- laughed
- haft
- daft
- calfed
- aft
How do you pronounce draught?
Pronounce draught as dræft.
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Sentences with draught
1. Noun, singular or mass
The heavy-boned Irish draught horse is found in both the show ring and the hunt field.
2. Adjective
Plant the thirsty ones near the house and the most draught tolerant ones furthest away.
Quotes about draught
1. Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
2. The books—the generous friends who met me without suspicion—the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught.
- Wilkie Collins, Armadale
3. Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,From the blossom of health to the paleness of death,From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud-Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
- William Knox
3. draught
noun. ['ˈdræft'] a large and hurried swallow.
Antonyms
Etymology
- dræht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. draught
noun. ['ˈdræft'] the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.
Antonyms
Etymology
- dræht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. draught
noun. ['ˈdræft'] a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle).
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- dræht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))