n.
1.a document ordering the payment of money
2.a current of air (usually coming into a room or vehicle)
3.a preliminary sketch of a design or picture
4.a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg
5.preliminary version of a written work
6.the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)
7.a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace
8.a dose of liquid medicine
9.compulsory military service 10.a large and hurried swallow 11.the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling draft v.
1.draw up an outline or sketch for something
2.engage somebody to enter the army
3.make a blueprint of
Idiom of the Day
leave (someone) in the lurch
to desert or leave someone alone and in trouble, to refuse to help or support someone
My coworker left me in the lurch when he did not help me as he had promised.
