draft

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.UScountableuncountable

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; The draw through a flue of gasses or smoke resulting from a combustion process.UScountableuncountable

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; An act of drinking.UScountableuncountable

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.UScountableuncountable

• to drink at a draft
• She took a deep draft from the bottle of water.

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).UScountableuncountable

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.UScountableuncountable

• From 1767 to 1774 no pale wine was bottled but for immediate use; only draft wine of all kinds was used in the principal taverns, and it was often very bad, not from tricks of the vintners, but from bad management.
• Another positive trend is the increase of quality in draft cider options. Draft cider has often been, and sometimes still is, considered an inferior product by cider traditionalists, who believe a true cider should come in a bottle or[…]

Senses relating to a current or flow or an amount which flows:; The depth of water needed to float a particular ship; the depth from the waterline to the bottom of a vessel's hull; the depth of water drawn by a vessel.UScountableuncountable

(Preliminary) written work:; A version of a written work (such as a book or paper) or drawing.countableuncountable

• I have to revise the first draft of my term paper.
• His first drafts were better than most authors' final products.

(Preliminary) written work:; An unsent e-mail.countableuncountable

(Preliminary) written work:; A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.countableuncountable

To write a first version; to make a preliminary sketch.transitive

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

To write a law.

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

• There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President.
• They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee.

To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.; To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.UStransitive

• He was drafted during the Vietnam War.

To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.; To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.

• The calves were drafted from the cows.

To select (someone or something) for a particular role or purpose.; To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.UStransitive

• 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.ambitransitive

• At the restart, the positions of the Mercedes drivers was reversed. Hamilton drafted Bottas down to Turn One and took the lead around the outside, controlling the race from there.

To draw out; to call forth.

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

Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.USnot-comparable

• I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer.

Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.USnot-comparable

• A Clydesdale is a draft horse.