indraft

Air pulled inside

An indraft is a drawing or pulling inward, especially of air or water.

The word describes the flow of air into a confined space or the movement of water toward shore: The indraft of the tide carried the boat into the harbor.

Also spelled indraught, particularly in British English.

airflow

inhalation

Taking breath in

inrush · suction · breath · breeze · current · airstream · influx · inflow · gust · updraft

nautical

current

Directed flow of charge

  • tideOcean's cyclical swell
  • inletWater extending into land
  • harborSafe anchorage for ships

channel · estuary · undertow · pull · surge · swell · mooring · anchorage · navigation · strait

attraction

pull

Force toward oneself

enticement · gravitation · appeal · attraction · lure · beckoning · summoning · calling · influence

Opposites
direction of flow

indraftoutdraft

Exceed in drafting

outflow · efflux · discharge · emission · outpouring

DRAWING vs. EXPELLING

indraftexhaust

Use up entirely

expulsion · exhalation · blowout · ventilation · exhale

Family

draft, drafted, drafting, redraft, draught, drafty, draftee, redrafted, drafter

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