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drag
n. tool used for dragging along the bottom of a body of water to recover objects; impediment, opposite force (such as the force working against an aircraft in motion); act of moving the mouse while pressing and holding down the mouse button (Computers); clothing that is worn by the opposite sex (especially a man wearing woman's clothing and who acts as a woman )
 
v. pull with force, haul; be pulled; level land; recover objects from the bottom of a body of water; protract tediously; continue tediously; move slowly and with effort; move at a slower pace than others; puff on a cigarette


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Drag may refer to: Computing In computing, to drag a mouse's button and hold it down while moving the mouse, used in drag-and-drop
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Drag, n tension between the stretch or pull of tissue and the tissue's resistance. drag, n the lower, or cast, side of a denture mold or flask, to [more]Drag - Community and Resources

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drag
Noun
1. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
(synonym) retarding force
(hypernym) resistance
(hyponym) sonic barrier, sound barrier
2. 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"
(hypernym) hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
3. something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
(hypernym) tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness
(classification) colloquialism
4. 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"
(hypernym) clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
5. 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"
(synonym) puff, pull
(hypernym) inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
(hyponym) toke
(part-holonym) smoke, smoking
(derivation) puff, draw
6. the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
(hypernym) pull, pulling
(derivation) haul, hale, cart
Verb
1. pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(hyponym) shlep, schlep, pull along
(see-also) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in
2. draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
(synonym) haul, hale, cart
(hypernym) pull, draw, force
(hyponym) bowse, bouse
3. 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"
(synonym) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in
(hypernym) involve
4. move slowly and as if with great effort
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
5. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
(synonym) trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
(hypernym) lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
6. suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
(synonym) puff, draw
(hypernym) inhale, inspire, breathe in
(entail) smoke
(derivation) puff, pull
7. 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"
(hypernym) move, displace
8. walk without lifting the feet
(synonym) scuff
(hypernym) shuffle, scuffle, shamble
9. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
(synonym) dredge
(hypernym) search, seek, look for
10. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
(hypernym) persuade
11. proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
(synonym) drag on, drag out
(hypernym) proceed, go


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Drag
(n.)
A confection; a comfit; a drug.
  
 
(v. i.)
To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
  
 
(v. i.)
To fish with a dragnet.
  
 
(v. i.)
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
  
 
(v. i.)
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
  
 
(v. t.)
A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
  
 
(v. t.)
A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
  
 
(v. t.)
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
  
 
(v. t.)
A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
  
 
(v. t.)
A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
  
 
(v. t.)
Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
  
 
(v. t.)
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).
  
 
(v. t.)
Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
  
 
(v. t.)
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
  
 
(v. t.)
The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
  
 
(v. t.)
The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.
  
 
(v. t.)
The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3.
  
 
(v. t.)
To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
  
 
(v. t.)
To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
  
 
(v. t.)
To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
  

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