draft

[[t]dræft, drɑft[/t]]

n.

1) a drawing, sketch, or design

2) a preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, refinement, etc

3) the act of drawing

4) a current of air in any enclosed space, esp. in a room or chimney

5) a device for regulating the current of air in a fireplace, etc

6) an act of drawing or pulling loads

7) something that is drawn or pulled; a haul

8) ahb. an animal or team of animals used to pull a load

9) the force required to pull a load

10) the taking of supplies, money, etc., from a given source

11) mil spo a selection of persons, as by lot, for military service, an athletic team, etc

12) mil the persons so selected

13) bus a bill of exchange

14) vin beer or ale drawn from a cask

15) an act of drinking or inhaling

16) something that is drunk or inhaled; a drink or dose

17) naut. navig. the depth to which a vessel is immersed when bearing a given load

18) spo a quantity of fish caught

19) mel Metall. the slight taper given to a pattern so that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold

20) bui a line or border chiseled at the edge of a stone, to serve as a guide in leveling the surfaces

21) to sketch

22) to compose

23) to draw or pull

24) mil cvb to select by draft, as for military service

25) cvb to work as a draftsman

26) spo to ride or drive close behind, as a bicycle or automobile, so as to benefit from the reduction in wind resistance created behind the leader

27) used for drawing loads:

a draft horse[/ex]

28) vin drawn from a cask rather than served from a bottle

29) being a preliminary outline or sketch

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Etymology: 1150–1200; c. OHG traht, ON drāttr; akin to OE dragan to draw draft′a•ble, adj. draft′er, n.