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Quick definitions from WordNet (drag)
▸ noun: the act of dragging (pulling with force) ("The drag up the hill exhausted him")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: something tedious and boring ("Peeling potatoes is a drag")
▸ noun: something that slows or delays progress ("Taxation is a drag on the economy")
▸ noun: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
▸ noun: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) ("He took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly")
▸ verb: to lag or linger behind ("But in so many other areas we still are dragging")
▸ verb: move slowly and as if with great effort
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: proceed for an extended period of time ("The speech dragged on for two hours")
▸ verb: persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting ("He dragged me away from the television set")
▸ verb: pull, as against a resistance ("He dragged the big suitcase behind him")
▸ verb: suck in or take (air)
▸ verb: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
▸ verb: walk without lifting the feet
▸ verb: draw slowly or heavily
▸ verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action ("Don't drag me into this business")
▸ Also see drags
▸ Word origin
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▸ Idioms related to drag (New!)
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▸ noun: the act of dragging (pulling with force) ("The drag up the hill exhausted him")
▸ noun: 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")
▸ noun: something tedious and boring ("Peeling potatoes is a drag")
▸ noun: something that slows or delays progress ("Taxation is a drag on the economy")
▸ noun: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
▸ noun: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) ("He took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly")
▸ verb: to lag or linger behind ("But in so many other areas we still are dragging")
▸ verb: move slowly and as if with great effort
▸ verb: 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")
▸ verb: proceed for an extended period of time ("The speech dragged on for two hours")
▸ verb: persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting ("He dragged me away from the television set")
▸ verb: pull, as against a resistance ("He dragged the big suitcase behind him")
▸ verb: suck in or take (air)
▸ verb: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
▸ verb: walk without lifting the feet
▸ verb: draw slowly or heavily
▸ verb: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action ("Don't drag me into this business")
▸ Also see drags
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to drag
▸ Usage examples for drag
▸ Idioms related to drag (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing drag
▸ Words that often appear near drag
▸ Rhymes of drag
▸ Invented words related to drag