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Definition of 'drag' Noun
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Synonyms: retarding force - 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"
- something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a 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"
- 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"
Synonyms: puff pull - the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
Verb
- pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
- draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
Synonyms: haul hale cart - 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"
Synonyms: embroil tangle sweep sweep up drag in - move slowly and as if with great effort
- to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
Synonyms: trail get behind hang back drop behind - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
Synonyms: puff draw - 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"
- walk without lifting the feet
Synonyms: scuff - search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Synonyms: dredge - persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
- proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
Synonyms: drag on drag out
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