WordWeb Online

1. Draw up an outline or sketch for something
   "draft a speech"
   - outline
    
2. Engage somebody to enter the army
   - enlist, muster in
    
3. [N. Amer] Make a blueprint of
   - blueprint, draught [Brit, Cdn]

1. A document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
   - bill of exchange, order of payment
    
2. [N. Amer] A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
   - draught [Brit, Cdn]
    
3. A preliminary sketch of a design or picture
   - rough drawing
    
4. [N. Amer] A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
   "they served beer on draft"
   - draught [Brit, Cdn], potation [archaic], tipple
    
5. Any of the various versions in the development of a written work
   "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"
   - draft copy
    
6. [N. Amer] The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
   - draught [Brit, Cdn]
    
7. A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
    
8. [N. Amer] A dose of liquid medicine
   "he took a sleeping draft"
   - draught [Brit, Cdn]
    
9. Compulsory military service
   - conscription, muster, selective service
    
10. [N. Amer] A large and hurried swallow
    - gulp, draught [Brit, Cdn], swig
     
11. [N. Amer] The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
    - draught [Brit, Cdn], drawing

Sounds like: draught

Derived forms: drafting, drafted, drafts

See also: draftee, drafter, drafting, drafty [N. Amer], shallow-draught [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: air current, compose, current of air, deepness, deglutition, depth, design, dosage, dose, drink, enrol [Brit, Cdn], enroll [N. Amer], enter, indite [archaic], inscribe, militarisation [Brit], militarization, mobilisation [Brit], mobilization, negotiable instrument, pen, plan, pull, pulling, recruit, regulator, sketch, study, swallow, text, textual matter, wind, write

Encyclopedia: Draft