DRAG • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Drag

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Drag

verb

(past & past part. dragged; pres. part. dragging)

1.

Pull, as against a resistance. "These worries were dragging at him"

2.

Draw slowly or heavily. Synonyms: cart, hale, haul. "Haul nets"

3.

Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. Synonyms: drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle. "Don't drag me into this business"

4.

Move slowly and as if with great effort.

5.

To lag or linger behind. Synonyms: drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail.

6.

Suck in or take (air). Synonyms: draw, puff. "Draw on a cigarette"

7.

Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu.

8.

Walk without lifting the feet. Synonym: scuff.

9.

Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. Synonym: dredge.

10.

Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting.

11.

Proceed for an extended period of time. Synonyms: drag on, drag out.

noun

1.

The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. Synonym: retarding force.

2.

Something that slows or delays progress. "Too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"

3.

Something tedious and boring.

4.

Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man). "The waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"

5.

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke). Synonyms: puff, pull. "He took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

6.

The act of dragging (pulling with force).

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