draughts
part of speech
noun (draughts, used with a singular verb, the game); plural of draught (a draught, draughts)
meaning for a pupil
1) Draughts is a board game for two players who move round flat pieces diagonally and jump over each other's pieces to take them; in the USA it is called checkers. tree →
2) Draughts are cold currents of air that come into a room through gaps. tree →
3) Draughts can also be long swallows of a drink. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life children play draughts at home or in a games club; it teaches planning and taking turns. At home, draughts come under doors and through windows, so people use draught excluders. Phrases: «a game of draughts», «play draughts», «keep out the draughts».
examples
- Grandpa taught me to play draughts. tree →
- Draughts is played on a board of sixty-four squares. tree →
- I jumped two of his pieces in one move at draughts. tree →
- There are cold draughts coming under the door. tree →
- We put a draught excluder by the door to stop the draughts. tree →
- Is draughts the same as checkers? Yes, mostly. tree →
- She won three games of draughts in a row. tree →
- “Let us keep to the story,” said Mongan, and, having taken some few dozen deep draughts of the wine, he became even more jovial than before. tree →
note
British spelling; pronounced «drafts», and Americans spell the air sense «drafts». The game name takes a singular verb: «Draughts is fun». The game is called checkers in the USA and Canada. Do not confuse with «drafts» meaning first versions of writing.
Trees and pragmatics
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