Draughts can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| draught - make a blueprint of | ||
Noun |
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| draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces |
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| 1. | noun | Tom and Mary played draughts. | |
| 2. | noun | Especially during winter, Tom appreciated the weatherstripping material that Mary had installed to prevent doorway draughts. | |
| 3. | noun | "Checkers" is the American name for what is called "draughts" in Britain. | |
| 4. | noun | In the smoking room, there were always parties of gentlemen playing euchre, draughts and dominoes. | |
| 5. | noun | A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer. | |
| 6. | noun | There's a draught in here. | |
| 7. | noun | Shut the door! There is a draught here! | |
| 8. | noun | You have caught cold because of your sitting in the draught. | |
| 9. | noun | Then the witch placed her cauldron on the fire, to prepare the magic draught. | |
| 10. | noun | There is a draught in here. | |
| 11. | noun | Well! have you lost courage? Put out your little tongue and I will cut it off in payment for the powerful draught. | |
| 12. | noun | The little mermaid drank the burning, stinging draught, and it was like a sharp two-edged sword running through her tender frame. | |
| 13. | noun | The very recollection of Caleb's beverage has done more to suppress my longing to open the day with a morning draught than twenty sermons would have done. | |
| 14. | noun | Now there are fewer blacksmiths because we rarely use a horse as a draught animal. | |
| 15. | noun | Greta downed the beer in one draught. |
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| noun | |
| Tom and Mary played draughts. | |
| Especially during winter, Tom appreciated the weatherstripping material that Mary had installed to prevent doorway draughts. | |
| "Checkers" is the American name for what is called "draughts" in Britain. | |
| In the smoking room, there were always parties of gentlemen playing euchre, draughts and dominoes. | |
| A small portion of ham, please, and a draught beer. | |
| There's a draught in here. | |
| Shut the door! There is a draught here! | |
| You have caught cold because of your sitting in the draught. | |
| Then the witch placed her cauldron on the fire, to prepare the magic draught. | |
| There is a draught in here. | |
| Well! have you lost courage? Put out your little tongue and I will cut it off in payment for the powerful draught. | |
| The little mermaid drank the burning, stinging draught, and it was like a sharp two-edged sword running through her tender frame. | |
| The very recollection of Caleb's beverage has done more to suppress my longing to open the day with a morning draught than twenty sermons would have done. | |
| Now there are fewer blacksmiths because we rarely use a horse as a draught animal. | |
| Greta downed the beer in one draught. | |