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• an elemental and rough plan of a document, such as a manuscript or a piece of official government legislation. Important and lengthy documents often go through several drafts, becoming successivelly more refined at each stage until the final publishable product is produced.
• from the tap (see draft beer).
• a breeze or light wind blowing through an enclosed space ( British spelling draught).
• an enforced conscription by the government of young people (usually men only) into the military during a war.
• national service for conscription during peacetime.
• the depth of the lowest point of a ship or boat, usually with a full load, and thus the minimum depth of any waterway through which it needs to pass; also refers to the curvature of the sail.
• to suction water from a reservoir (see draft (water) )
• in business and banking, an instruction for the payment of money, (see: checkThe word check has these meanings Negotiable instrument A check or cheque (borrowed from Persian Chek is a document instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific demand account held in the maker/deposi)
• in auto racingAuto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport is a sport involving racing automobiles. Motor racing or motorsport may also mean Motorcycle racing. It is one of the world's most popular spectator sports and perhaps the most thoroughly commercia and bicycle racingBurlington, Vermont, April 2004 Bicycle racing is one of the most popular sports in a number of European countries. The top countries in this sport are Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands, the United States and Switzerland (not necessa terminology, the draft is the area of slipstreamThe Slipstream of a moving object is a region of reduced pressure or even suction (negative pressure), exerted in the neighbourhood of the object and in the direction of its movement, and caused by its movement through a medium. Real slipstreaming The ter behind a leading race car that allows for any cars closely following to travel with reduced atmospheric dragThe word drag has several meanings: In physics, drag is a combination of aerodynamic or hydrodynamic forces. In computing, to drag is to click the mouse button and hold it down while moving the mouse. In music, to drag is to play slower than the indicated. See drafting (racing)This article is about the racing technique. For other uses, see Drafting (disambiguation Drafting is a technique in sports racing where competitors align in a close group in order to reduce the overall effect of drag or fluid resistance of the group..
• a system for allocating playersA sports) draft is a process by which professional sports teams select players not contracted to any team, often from colleges or amateur ranks. Baseball, American football, basketball, ice hockey, and some other predominantly North American sports utiliz among professional sports teams, used primarily in North America.

In compound words, draft may also refer to:

• a draftsman, who draws up architectural diagrams and building plans. See also drafting.
• a political draft refers to a grassroots campaign in which supporters try to convince a candidate to run for a certain office by showing a groundswell of support.