[draft, drahft] 
| 1. | a drawing, sketch, or design. |
| 2. | a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc. |
| 3. | act of drawing; delineation. |
| 4. | a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room, chimney, or stove. |
| 5. | a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction. |
| 6. | a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc. |
| 7. | an act of drawing or pulling loads. |
| 8. | something that is drawn or pulled; a haul. |
| 9. | an animal or team of animals used to pull a load. |
| 10. | the force required to pull a load. |
| 11. | the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source. |
| 12. | a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription. |
| 13. | the persons so selected. |
| 14. | Sports. a selecting or drawing of new players from a choice group of amateur players by professional teams, esp. a system of selecting new players so that each team in a professional league receives some of the most promising players. |
| 15. | British. a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment. |
| 16. | a written order drawn by one person upon another; a writing directing the payment of money on account of the drawer; bill of exchange. |
| 17. | a drain or demand made on anything. |
| 18. | draft beer. |
| 19. | an act of drinking or inhaling. |
| 20. | something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose. |
| 21. | a quantity of fish caught. |
| 22. | Nautical. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load. |
| 23. | Also called leave. Metallurgy. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold. |
| 24. | Metalworking.
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| 25. | Masonry. a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces. |
| 26. | Textiles.
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| 27. | an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight. |
| 28. | to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch. |
| 29. | to draw up in written form; compose. |
| 30. | to draw or pull. |
| 31. | to take or select by draft, esp. for military service. |
| 32. | Masonry. to cut a draft on. |
| 33. | to do drafting; work as a draftsman. |
| 34. | (in an automobile race) to drive or ride close behind another car so as to benefit from the reduction in air pressure created behind the car ahead. |
| 35. | used or suited for drawing loads: a draft horse. |
| 36. | drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle: draft ale. |
| 37. | being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch. |
| 38. | on draft, available to be drawn from a cask rather than from a sealed bottle: imported beer on draft. |
| draft·er (drāf'tər) n. One that drafts, especially a person who drafts plans or designs or a person who composes a document. |
draft
draft (drāft)
n.
A measured portion of a liquid or aerosol medication; a dose.
