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- DictionaryDrag/draɡ/
verb
- 1. pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty: "we dragged the boat up the beach" Similar haulpulldrawtugheavetrailtrawltowstreelinformal:yanklugarchaic:hale
- ▪ take (someone) to or from a place or event, despite their reluctance: "my girlfriend is dragging me off to Atlantic City for a week"
- ▪ go somewhere wearily, reluctantly, or with difficulty: "I have to drag myself out of bed each day"
- ▪ (of a person's clothes or an animal's tail) trail along the ground: "the nuns walked in meditation, their habits dragging on the grass"
- ▪ catch hold of and pull (something): "desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm"
- ▪ (of a ship) trail (an anchor) along the seabed, causing the ship to drift: "the coaster was dragging her anchor in St. Ives Bay"
- ▪ (of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift: "his anchor had dragged and he found himself sailing out to sea"
- ▪ search the bottom of (a river, lake, or the sea) with grapnels or nets: "frogmen had dragged the local river"
- 2. (of time, events, or activities) pass slowly and tediously: "the day dragged—eventually it was time for bed" Similar become tediousappear to pass slowlygo slowlymove slowlycreep alonglimp alongcrawlhang heavygo at a snail's pacewear ongo on too longgo on and on
- 3. move (an icon or other image) across a computer screen using a tool such as a mouse: "you can move the icons into this group by dragging them in with the mouse"
- 4. engage in a drag race: "they were caught dragging on Francis Lewis Blvd"
noun
- 1. the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty: "the drag of the current" Similar pulltugtowheaveyankresistancebrakingretardation
- ▪ the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object: "the coating reduces aerodynamic drag"
- ▪ a person or thing that impedes progress or development: "Larry was turning out to be a drag on her career"
- ▪ unnatural motion of a fishing fly caused by the pull of the line.
- ▪ an iron shoe that can be applied as a brake to the wheel of a cart or wagon. archaic
- 2. a boring or tiresome person or thing: informal "working nine to five can be a drag" Similar boretedious thingtiresome thingnuisancebothertroublepestannoyancesource of annoyancetrialvexationthorn in one's fleshtiresome persontedious personinformal:painpain in the neckbindheadachehasslepain in the buttnudnikfair cownarkinformal, dated:blighterblisterpillvulgar slang:pain in the arsepain in the ass
- 3. an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette: informal "he took a long drag on his cigarette"
- 4. clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man: "a fashion show, complete with men in drag"
- 5. a street or road: informal "the main drag"
- 6. a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water.
- ▪ a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land. historical
- ▪ an apparatus for dredging a river or for recovering the bodies of drowned people from a river, a lake, or the sea.
- ▪ another term for dragnet
- 7. a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox or other hunted animal.
- ▪ a hunt using a strong-smelling lure.
- 8. influence over other people: informal North American "they had the education but they didn't have the drag"
- 9. one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes, which are usually played with the other stick.
- 10. short for drag race
- 11. a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses. historical
Word Origin Middle English: from Old Englishdragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel’.
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