different between father vs draft

English

Etymology

From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fad?r, from Proto-Indo-European *ph?t?r. Doublet of ayr, faeder, padre, pater, and père.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fä'th?(r), IPA^(key): /?f??ð?(?)/
• (General American) enPR: fä'th?r, IPA^(key): /?f?ð?/
• (General Australian) enPR: fä'th?, IPA^(key): /?fa?ð?/
• (obsolete) enPR: f?'th?r, IPA^(key): /?fæð??/
• Homophone: farther (in non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -??ð?(r)
• Hyphenation: fa?ther

Noun

father (plural fathers)

1. A (generally human) male who begets a child.
2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
3. A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

4. A term of respectful address for a priest.
5. A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
6. The founder of a discipline or science.

7. Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
   • 1991, The Nairobi Law Monthly:

     Soon after the announcement of this year's election results, Mereka said that "the father of all battles had just begun." His dispute with Muite goes back to March last year […]

   • 2002, Financial Management:

     "If UK GDP slows by 1 per cent, there is the mother and father of all recessions. It was exciting, but very bizarre, working in such an environment."

   • 2012, Zubairu Wai, Epistemologies of African Conflicts: Violence, Evolutionism, and the War in Sierra Leone, Palgrave Macmillan: (?ISBN), page 93:

     “The Father of All Battles”

     On March 23, 1991, a band of armed insurgents attacked the town of Bomaru […]

8. Something inanimate that begets.

Synonyms

• (parent): see Thesaurus:father
• (most significant thing): see mother and granddaddy

Antonyms

• (with regards to gender) mother
• (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, child

Hypernyms

• (a male parent): parent

Derived terms

Related terms

• Father
• Jupiter
• paternal

Translations

Verb

father (third-person singular simple present fathers, present participle fathering, simple past and past participle fathered)

1. To be a father to; to sire.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI v 4

     Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.

2. (figuratively) To give rise to.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline ii 2

     Cowards father cowards and base things sire base.

3. To act as a father; to support and nurture.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline iv 2

     Ay, good youth! And rather father thee than master thee.

4. To provide with a father.
5. To adopt as one's own.
   • 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII.

     Kept company with men of wit / Who often fathered what he writ.

Translations

See also

• beget
• grandpa
• pater
• paternal
• sire

Anagrams

• afther, fareth, hafter, trefah

Middle English

Noun

father

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of fader

English

Etymology

A phonetic spelling of draught.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???ft/

  Rhymes: -??ft

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d?æft/

  Rhymes: -æft

Noun

draft (countable and uncountable, plural drafts)

1. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
2. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
3. An act of drinking.
4. The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.

   to drink at a draft

   She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

5. A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)
6. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
7. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel.
8. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.

   I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.

   His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.

9. A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
10. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
11. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.

    He left the country to avoid the draft.

12. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
13. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
14. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
15. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
16. (possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.

    using oxen for draft   shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft

17. (possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
18. (possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.

    he cast his net, which brought him a very great draft

19. A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.

Synonyms

• (mouthful of liquid): swig; see also Thesaurus:drink

Derived terms

• air draft
• backdraft
• deep draft
• downdraft
• updraft

Translations

Verb

draft (third-person singular simple present drafts, present participle drafting, simple past and past participle drafted)

1. (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
2. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
3. To write a law.
4. (transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

5. To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
6. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.

   The calves were drafted from the cows.

7. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.

   After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins.

8. (transitive, intransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.

9. To draw out; to call forth.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Addison to this entry?)

10. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.

Translations

Adjective

draft (not comparable)

1. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

   I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

2. Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

   A Clydesdale is a draft horse.

Translations

Related terms

• draw

Further reading

• draft in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• draft in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English draw

Noun

draft n (definite singular draftet, indefinite plural draft or drafter, definite plural drafta or draftene)

1. nautical chart

Usage notes

Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer, see references.

Synonyms

• sjøkart
• kystkart

References

• “draft” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English draw

Noun

draft n (definite singular draftet, indefinite plural draft, definite plural drafta)
draft f (definite singular drafta, indefinite plural drafter, definite plural draftene)

1. nautical chart

Usage notes

Although this word is in common use, it is noted as a misnomer, see Bokmål references.

Synonyms

• sjøkart
• kystkart

References

• “draft” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

draft m (plural drafts)

1. draft (in sports)

Yola

Noun

draft

1. Alternative form of draught