DRAFTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drafting mean? 

• DRAFTING (noun)
  The noun DRAFTING has 3 senses:

1. writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

2. the craft of drawing blueprints

3. the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

  Familiarity information: DRAFTING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAFTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("drafting" is a kind of...):

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Derivation:

draft (draw up an outline or sketch for something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The craft of drawing blueprints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drafting; mechanical drawing

Hypernyms ("drafting" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Derivation:

draft (make a blueprint of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The creation of artistic pictures or diagrams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drafting; draftsmanship; drawing

Context example:

he learned drawing from his father

Hypernyms ("drafting" is a kind of...):

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drafting"):

pyrography (the act of producing drawings on wood or leather by using heated tools or a fine flame)

tracing (the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline)