Meaning

• A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.

• Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.

• An act of drinking.

• The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.

  "She took a deep draft from the bottle of water."

• A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.)

• Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.

• 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.

• An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.

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

• A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.

• A cheque, an order for money to be paid.

• Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.

  "He left the country to avoid the draft."

• A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.

• A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.

• The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.

• The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.

• (possibly obsolete) 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"

• (possibly obsolete) The act of drawing in a net for fish.

• (possibly obsolete) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.

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

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

Meaning

• To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.

• To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.

• To write a law.

• To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

  "He was drafted during the Vietnam War."

• To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.

  "There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President."

• To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.

  "The calves were drafted from the cows."

• To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.

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

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

• To draw out; to call forth.

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

Meaning

• A checker: a game piece used in the game of draughts.

• Ale: a type of beer brewed using top-fermenting yeast.

• A mild vesicatory.

• An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

• Any picture or drawing.

• A sudden attack upon an enemy.