1. taft - Verb
2. Taft - Proper noun
A surname.
A city in Kern County, California, United States.
taft (third-person singular simple present tafts, present participle tafting, simple past and past participle tafted)
(transitive, plumbing) To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange.
According to Coletta, however, Knox was not a good diplomat, and had poor relations with the Senate, press, and many foreign leaders, especially those from Latin America.sfn There was broad agreement between Taft and Knox on major foreign policy goals. Source: Internet
According to Lurie, Taft, who still had hopes of being chief justice, may have been more willing to appoint an older man than he (White) than a younger one (Hughes), who might outlive him, as indeed Hughes did. Source: Internet
After a merger, Taft integrates the joining firm with a mix of autonomy and centralization, Hick said. Source: Internet
After January 1911 talks with Canadian officials, Taft had the agreement, which was not a treaty, introduced into Congress and it passed in late July. Source: Internet
Although Taft met and consulted with Congress during its deliberations on the bill, critics charged that he ought to have imposed more of his own recommendations on the bill such as that of a slower schedule. Source: Internet
Alphonso Taft died in 1891 in California, retired because of illness contracted during his diplomatic postings. Source: Internet