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drag (drag)

transitive verb dragged, drag′·ging

  1. to pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul
    1. to move (oneself) with effort
    2. to force into some situation, action, etc.
  3. to pull a grapnel, net, etc. over the bottom of (a river, lake, etc.) in searching for something; dredge
  4. to draw a harrow over (land)
  5. to draw (something) out over a period of time; protract tediously or painfully
  6. to bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force
  7. ☆ Baseball to hit (a ball) in executing a drag bunt

Etymology: ME draggen < ON draga (or OE dragan): see draw

intransitive verb

  1. to be dragged; be pulled along the ground or other surface; trail
  2. to lag behind
  3. to be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly
  4. to search a body of water with a grapnel, net, etc.
  5. Slang to draw deeply (on a cigarette, pipe, etc.)
  6. Slang to participate in or as if in a drag race

noun

  1. something dragged or pulled along the ground; specif.,
    1. a harrow used for breaking ground
    2. a heavy sledge, or sled
    3. a type of private stagecoach of the 19th cent., with seats inside and on top, drawn by four horses
  2. a device used to catch and haul up something under water; grapnel, dragnet, etc.
  3. a thing that checks motion, as a brake on the wheel of a carriage
  4. anything that hinders or obstructs a drag on his resources
  5. the amount by which anything drags
  6. the act of dragging; slow, cumbersome movement
  7. ☆ Slang influence that gains special or undeserved favors; pull
  8. ☆ Slang
    1. a deep puff of a cigarette, pipe, etc.
    2. a swallow of liquid
  9. ☆ Slang a dance
  10. Slang street; road the main drag
  11. ☆ Slang drag race
  12. ☆ Slang a dull or boring person, situation, etc.
  13. Slang
    1. clothing of the opposite sex, esp. as worn by a male homosexual
    2. clothing, esp. clothing typical of a certain country, period, occupation, etc.
  14. Aeron., Engineering a resisting force exerted on an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc. parallel to its airstream and opposite in direction to its motion
  15. Hunting
    1. a trail of scent left by an animal
    2. something dragged over the ground to leave a trail of scent
    3. a hunt over such a trail

drag Idioms

drag on

or drag out

to prolong or be prolonged tediously

drag one's feet

or drag one's heels☆

Slang to act with deliberate slowness or obvious reluctance; be uncooperative

drag Synonyms

drag

n.

  1. Anything that is drawn

    harrow, scraper, bar, dragnet, seine, clog, brake, shoe, anchor, grapnel, dragrope, floater; see also net.

  2. The influence of air on an airplane

    resistance, curb, pull, suction, friction, suck, tow, vacuum action; see also resistance 3.

  3. A restraint

    hindrance, burden, encumbrance; see impediment 1.

  4. *A dull or annoying person, thing, or situation

    bore, bother, annoyance; see nuisance 3, trouble 2.

drag Synonyms

drag

v.

  1. To go slowly; said of animate beings

    lag, straggle, dawdle; see lag, loiter, pause.

  2. To go slowly; said of an activity

    slow down, slacken, encounter difficulties, be delayed, be prolonged, be drawn out, be tedious, wear on, fail to show progress, creep, crawl, stagnate, mark time, suffer delays, suffer from a slowdown, be off-season, be quiet; see also delay 1.

    Antonyms improve*, progress*, pick up. *

  3. To pull an object

    pull, haul, move, transport; see draw 1.

  4. *To race

    compete in speed, drag-race, hot-rod*; see race 2.

  5. *To smoke

    puff, inhale deeply, draw; see smoke 2. See syn. study at pull.

drag Usage Examples

Object

  • slider: From the Privacy tab, drag the slider for the Privacy Settings to " Low.
  • cursor: Hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor around the image to move.
  • mouse: Drag the mouse toward the top or bottom to rise or sink, drag toward the left or right to turn.
  • rectangle: The current position in the sound sequence can be altered by dragging the black rectangle to the desired location.
  • pointer: To copy an article, simply left click and drag the mouse pointer to select the desired text.
  • icon: Drag the icon to the desktop for easy access.

Adjective modifier

  • aerodynamic: Aerodynamic drag -- force which thrust must overcome to move an aircraft forward.
  • viscous: The must be sufficient grease to ensure the gear teeth are lubricated but an excess can result in viscous drag and power losses.
  • fiscal: Although ' fiscal drag ' is not a new concept, the problem is getting worse under Labor.

Modifies a noun

  • queen: He hits on the idea of making boots for drag queens and must get a good show together for the Milan Shoe Fair.
  • coefficient: Also addresses topics such as lift and drag coefficients, load factor, and forces acting on an airplane.
  • hunting: Drag hunting would increase by only about 10 % .
  • racer: Some 30 people applied and they were all pilots or drag racers.
  • racing: And so ended an important chapter in British drag racing.
  • lift: My two 5-year olds spent many happy hours on the bottom nursery slope which has the smoothest drag lift I have ever experienced.

Followed by an intransitive particle

along: Gregg and Gina are dragged along for the ride.

Particle object:

rectangle: Select the subview icon from the toolbar and drag out a large rectangle covering most of the page.

Present participle complement

  • scream: Dragged screaming onto the NUF sub-committee for Expansion and Publicity, which involved attending to the NUF Unitarian Publicity Stall at GA Annual Meetings.
  • kick: He was dragged there kicking and screaming by a friend who had himself been dragged there by his brother Tim.

Noun used with modifier

friction: Due to their more organized nature, laminar boundary layers produce much less skin friction drag than turbulent boundary layers.

Browse dictionary entries near drag

  1. ‹ drafty
  2. ‹ draftsperson
  3. ‹ draftsman
  4. ‹ draftee
  5. ‹ Draft-Martini VPN
  6. ‹ draft dodger
  7. ‹ draft board
  8. ‹ draft
  9. ‹ draff
  10. ‹ Dracula
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