- a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another
- a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)
- a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
- a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg;
"they served beer on draft"
- any of the various versions in the development of a written work;
"a preliminary draft" "the final draft of the constitution"
- the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
- a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
- a dose of liquid medicine;
"he took a sleeping draft"
- compulsory military service
- a large and hurried swallow;
"he finished it at a single gulp"
- the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling