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   Drag

   /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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   • drag something in mention, refer to, bring up, point out, allude to, call attention to, touch upon, broach the subject of, speak about or of They disapproved of my dragging in his wealth. drag yourself go slowly, creep, crawl, inch, shuffle, shamble, limp along, move at a snail's pace, advance slowly I managed to drag myself to the surgery.

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   What does dragged mean in a sentence?

   • If the police drag a river or lake, they pull nets or hooks across the bottom of it in order to look for something. Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common. [VERB noun] If a period of time or an event drags, it is very boring and seems to last a long time. The minutes dragged past. [VERB adverb]

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   • If someone drags you somewhere, they pull you there, or force you to go there by physically threatening you. The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] If someone drags you somewhere you do not want to go, they make you go there. When you can drag him away from his work, he can also be a devoted father.

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   Drag is a noun that can mean something used to drag, something that is dragged, or a person who dresses in a way that is different from their gender identity. It can also be a verb that means to draw or pull something, or to cause something to move with slowness or difficulty. See synonyms, examples, and related terms.

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   Drag can mean to pull something heavily or slowly, to delay or prolong something, or to wear clothing of a different gender. It can also refer to a force that resists motion, a performance art form, or a type of race.

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   verb (used with object), dragged, drag·ging. to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house. to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like: They dragged the lake for the body of the missing man.

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    Drag can be a verb or a noun with different meanings. As a verb, it can mean to pull something or someone, to move something on a computer screen, or to continue for too long. As a noun, it can mean wearing women's clothes or smoking a cigarette.