drafted
Sketched out preliminarily
Drafted is the past tense of draft, covering its various senses.
Someone drafted into military service was conscripted: He was drafted during the Vietnam War.
A document that's been drafted has been written in preliminary form: The contract was drafted by our lawyers.
In sports, a player drafted was selected by a team: She was drafted third overall.
In racing or cycling, someone drafted used another's slipstream to reduce wind resistance.
Brought into service
- enlistedSigned up formally
- pickedChose from options
- chosenSelected from alternatives
- appointedAssigned to office
designated · inducted · conscripted · called up · signed · rostered · tapped · selected
recruited
Brought into service
appointed · designated · inducted · conscripted · called up · signed · rostered · tapped · selected · summoned
manuscript
Original text before publication
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- documentWritten or electronic file
outline · blueprint · sketch · proposal · revision · edit · preliminary · rough · working · version
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
- windAir current outdoors
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- currentDirected flow of charge
gust · chill · cold · leak · gap · window · chimney · fireplace · flue · open
- competitor statusactive, inactive, retired, current, former
- planningplan, planned, planners, to-do lists, calendars
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- mandatory thingsmandatory, required, obligatory, compulsory, necessary
- summonedsummoned, called, beckoned, invoked, hailed
- device statusactive, available, away, busy, connected
draftedvolunteered
Gave services unpaid
enlisted · volunteer · undrafted · nondrafted · voluntary
draftedundrafted
Not selected in allocation
passed over · overlooked · unsigned · released · free agent
- rough draftUnpolished first attempt
- first draftEarliest written version
- draft evasionAvoiding mandatory military service
- military draftsCompulsory enlistment into armed forces
- chimney draftUpward airflow in smokestack
- draft beerBeverage dispensed from kegs
draft, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafting, draftee, redrafted, drafter, drafters