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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, 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
   "the final draft of the constitution"; "a preliminary draft";
   - 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. (military) compulsory military service
   - conscription, muster, selective service
    
10. [N. Amer] A large and hurried swallow
    "he finished it at a single draft";
    - gulp, draught [Brit, Cdn], swig
     
11. [N. Amer] The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling
    - draught [Brit, Cdn], drawing
     
12. [US] A large mouthful of drink
    - slug, gulp, draught [Brit]

1. (of drinks) served on tap from a barrel, rather than bottled
   "draft beer";
   - draught [Brit]

Sounds like: doze, doughs, doest, draugh

Derived forms: drafts, drafting, drafted

Type of: air current, compose, current of air, deepness, deglutition [technical], 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, recruit, regulator, sketch, study, swallow, text, textual matter, wind, write

Antonym: discharge

Encyclopedia: Draft