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▸ noun:  (American spelling) A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
▸ noun:  (American spelling) The draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
▸ noun:  (American spelling) An act of drinking.
▸ noun:  (American spelling) The quantity of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) drunk in one swallow.
▸ noun:  (American spelling) A dose (of medicine, alcohol, etc.).
▸ noun:  (American spelling) Liquid, especially beer or other alcohol, drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
▸ noun:  (American spelling, nautical) 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.
▸ noun:  (universal) An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing.
▸ noun:  (universal) A preliminary sketch or outline for a plan.
▸ noun:  (universal) A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
▸ noun:  (US, usually with the) Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
▸ noun:  (politics, US) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
▸ noun:  (sports, US) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
▸ noun:  (American spelling, rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
▸ noun:  The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould.
▸ noun:  (American spelling, possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back.
▸ noun:  (American spelling, possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
▸ noun:  (American spelling, possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
▸ noun:  (British English, possibly archaic) A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
▸ verb:  To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
▸ verb:  To write a law.
▸ verb:  (transitive, US) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
▸ verb:  To select someone (or something) for a particular role or purpose.
▸ verb:  To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
▸ verb:  (transitive, sports, US) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
▸ verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To follow very closely (behind another vehicle), thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower and conserving energy or increasing speed.
▸ verb:  To draw out; to call forth.
▸ verb:  To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
▸ adjective:  (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.
▸ adjective:  Referring to animals used for pulling heavy loads.

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