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Definition of drag



Overview of noun drag

The noun drag has 6 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) drag, retarding force

(the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid)

2. drag

(something that slows or delays progress; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land")

3. drag

(something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag")

4. drag

(clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man); "he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag")

5. puff, drag, pull

(a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly")

6. drag

(the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him")


Overview of verb drag

The verb drag has 11 senses? (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (16) drag

(pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him")

2. (13) haul, hale, cart, drag

(draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets")

3. (1) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in

(force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business")

4. (1) drag

(move slowly and as if with great effort)

5. (1) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back

(to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging")

6. (1) puff, drag, draw

(suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette")

7. drag

(use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen")

8. scuff, drag

(walk without lifting the feet)

9. dredge, drag

(search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost)

10. drag

(persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set")

11. drag, drag on, drag out

(proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours")