<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a drawing, sketch, or design.</li><li>a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying, etc.</li><li>the act of drawing; delineation.</li><li>a current of air in any enclosed space, especially in a room, chimney, or stove.</li><li>a current of air moving in an upward or downward direction.</li><li>a device for regulating the current of air in a stove, fireplace, etc.</li><li>an act of drawing or pulling loads.</li><li>something that is drawn or pulled; a haul.</li><li>an animal or team of animals used to pull a load.</li><li>the force required to pull a load.</li><li>the taking of supplies, forces, money, etc., from a given source.</li><li>a selection or drawing of persons, by lot or otherwise, from the general body of the people for military service; levy; conscription.</li><li>the persons so selected.</li><li>Sports: a selecting or drawing of new players from a choice group of amateur players by professional teams.</li><li>British: a selection of persons already in military service to be sent from one post or organization to another; detachment.</li><li>a written order drawn by one person upon another; a writing directing the payment of money on account of the drawer; bill of exchange.</li><li>a drain or demand made on anything.</li><li>draft beer.</li><li>an act of drinking or inhaling.</li><li>something that is taken in by drinking or inhaling; a drink; dose.</li><li>a quantity of fish caught.</li><li>Nautical: the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load.</li><li>Metallurgy: the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold.</li><li>Metalworking: the change in sectional area of a piece of work caused by a rolling or drawing operation.</li><li>a taper on a die or punch permitting it to be withdrawn readily from the work.</li><li>Masonry: a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces.</li><li>Textiles: the degree of attenuation produced in fibers during yarn processing.</li><li>the act of attenuating the fibers.</li><li>an allowance granted to a buyer for waste of goods sold by weight.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to draw the outlines or plan of; sketch.</li><li>to draw up in written form; compose.</li><li>to draw or pull.</li><li>to take or select by draft, especially for military service.</li><li>Masonry: to cut a draft on.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to do mechanical drawing; work as a draftsman.</li><li>(in a race) to drive or ride close behind another car or bicycle so as to benefit from the reduction in air pressure created behind it.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>used or suited for drawing loads: These oxen are fine draft animals.</li><li>drawn or available to be drawn from a cask rather than served from a sealed bottle: draft ale.</li><li>being a tentative or preliminary outline, version, design, or sketch.</li></ul>