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verb (used with object)

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.

to level and smooth (land) with a drag or harrow.

to introduce; inject; insert: He drags his honorary degree into every discussion.

to protract (something) or pass (time) tediously or painfully (often followed by out or on): They dragged the discussion out for three hours.

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to pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen, especially by using a mouse.

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verb (used without object)

to be drawn or hauled along.

to trail on the ground.

to move heavily or with effort.

10.

to proceed or pass with tedious slowness: The parade dragged by endlessly.

11.

to feel listless or apathetic; move listlessly or apathetically (often followed by around): This heat wave has everyone dragging around.

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12.

to lag behind.

13.

to use a drag or grapnel; dredge.

14.

to take part in a drag race.

15.

to take a puff: to drag on a cigarette.

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noun

16.

Nautical.

a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.

resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.

any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.

any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.

any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.

17.

Agriculture. a heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it.

18.

Slang. someone or something tedious; a bore: It's a drag having to read this old novel.

19.

a stout sledge or sled.

20.

Aeronautics. the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion.

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21.

a four-horse sporting and passenger coach with seats inside and on top.

22.

a metal shoe to receive a wheel of heavy wagons and serve as a brake on steep grades.

23.

something that retards progress.

24.

an act of dragging.

25.

slow, laborious movement or procedure; retardation.

26.

a puff or inhalation on a cigarette, pipe, etc.

27.

Hunting.

the scent left by a fox or other animal.

something, as aniseed, dragged over the ground to leave an artificial scent.

Also called drag hunt. a hunt, especially a fox hunt, in which the hounds follow an artificial scent.

28.

Angling.

a brake on a fishing reel.

the sideways pull on a fishline, as caused by a crosscurrent.

29.

clothing characteristically associated with one sex when worn by a person of the opposite sex: a Mardi Gras ball at which many of the dancers were in drag.

30.

clothing characteristic of a particular occupation or milieu: Two guests showed up in gangster drag.

31.

Also called comb. Masonry. a steel plate with a serrated edge for dressing a stone surface.

32.

Metallurgy. the lower part of a flask. Compare cope² (def. 5).

33.

Slang. influence: He claims he has drag with his senator.

34.

Slang. a girl or woman that one is escorting; date.

35.

Informal. a street or thoroughfare, especially a main street of a town or city.

36.

drag race.

37.

Eastern New England. a sledge, as for carrying stones from a field.

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adjective

38.

marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite.

Idiom

39.

drag one's feet/heels, to act with reluctance; delay: The committee is dragging its feet coming to a decision.

Origin:
1350–1400; 1920–25 for def. 17; Middle English; both noun and v. probably < Middle Low German dragge grapnel, draggen to dredge, derivative of drag- draw; defs. 29-30, 38, obscurely related to other senses and perhaps a distinct word of independent orig.

Related forms

out·drag, verb (used with object), -dragged, -drag·ging.

Synonyms
1. See draw. 11. linger, loiter.

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Example Sentences

As tobacco queens fade from sight, drag queens are becoming increasingly evident.

The drag made more explicit by looking at it with a queer eye.

There may also be a way to cut aircraft drag by making some surfaces less slippery.

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As tobacco queens fade from sight, drag queens are becoming increasingly evident.

The drag made more explicit by looking at it with a queer eye.

There may also be a way to cut aircraft drag by making some surfaces less slippery.

To remove the photo permanently from the desktop, locate the photo on the hard drive and drag it to the trash.

As sessions drag on, judges may find it easier to deny requests and let things stand as they are.

It's the surfaces of a forest that drag the wind and make it calm, that take noise out and control rainfall.

Then wet a piece of thin cotton string and drag it through the bowl.

Once the site has loaded grab that tab and drag it down to the taskbar.

Most college fairs don't feature drag performers in habits.

And around this size, the rocks would begin to experience drag from the gas around them.

Existing solar sails are really drag devices, in that they generate force in a direction aligned with the light.

Rushby believed that the cats actually used a relay system to drag bodies into the safety of the bush.

Pivot makes creating individual frames really easy, and moving animations is based on a simple click and drag process.

Moving is never fun, but moving onto a college campus is an epic drag.

Once a source of economic dynamism, megacities risk becoming a drag on growth.

Models are based on the notion that gravitational drag in these disks is the main influence on planets as they migrate.

If it points in the direction of motion, it should be a drag force or a modification of inertia.

Just drag and drop addresses, events, lists or text fields from the sidebars.

All you need to do is drag the item from the center pane and drop it on the appropriate library in the left pane.

The reduction in pressure drag causes the ball to travel further.

Finally, a vehicle?s aerodynamic drag is proportional to air density.

And this website explains how to measure drag coefficient without a wind tunnel.

Mostly they seemed to want to drag me into a discussion of the scientific details.

Large scale, long term unemployment creates a lot of drag in any economy.

Solar particles and radiation puff up the atmosphere, increasing the drag forces on low-orbiting satellites.

Touch any icon for a few seconds, and then you can drag things around.

Then again, there are some hires who seem to drag their feet on putting down roots.

In turn, such low rates also drag down bond yields at longer maturities.

There may be good priest also, but stupidity is another subject that would drag this reply out too long.

After two years of stimulus, federal government spending has now joined state and local budgets as a drag on growth.

Opponents of proposals to cap carbon emissions argue that such measures would be a drag on the economy.

But my guess is that the primary drag on lending is the absence of borrowers.

Carter's straw, go ahead, but please do not try to drag others down with you.

Inevitably some of the defaulters will drag other companies down with them.

It seemed as though the spill might drag on forever.

Planning inquiries often drag on for longer than the life of a government.

They aren't good people with bad information, these are malevolent people who want to drag the world into a new dark age.

Corporate investment may not drag the economy down, but nor is it likely to offer a boost.

But a larger than estimated drag from state and local government cuts played a significant role.

Austerity actually represents a contractionary drag on the economy.

The motels and restaurants that line the main drag depend on tourist dollars for.

After it appears in your browser, drag the image onto your desktop.

Rounded, sleek curves on some models serve to reduce drag and improve.

The next generation of aircraft may borrow their designs from nature to reduce drag and save fuel, according to researchers.

The rapidly disappearing daylight seems almost to drag away part.

The no air drag object will hit first, then the dropped bullet and then the fired bullet.

Maybe the administrator is inexperienced and willing to drag in faculty members during their summer break.

They have a ridged plastic butt-plate, and while wearing them you can slide down any snowy slope and never have to drag a.

It's not too difficult to train people to get good lift over drag positions in a wind tunnel.

Swimmers shave off their body hair to reduce drag in the water.

Drag a photo onto the box and it will search for other pictures with your camera's serial number.

I've read of cases that are over in a week or so and cases that drag on for up to six months.

Drag also depends on how aerodynamic a rider can make their body and how well they can drive the sled to minimize friction.

There appears to be drag and drop ability from one's desktop when putting files into a course site.

Yet their surreal existence as shareholder-owned prisoners of the state looks likely to drag on for years.

It has a stationary engine, using warping ropes to drag the shares through the furrows.

The drag and downforce numbers are as impressive as the looks:.

It's miserable for the sufferer, and it's a drag for.

Magazine units are mostly a drag on growth for their parents.

Shoebox tries to find the corners of the photo, and if it doesn't you can drag some handles to fine-tune the crop.

He demanded speedy trials, where formerly defendants could intimidate witnesses and drag out proceedings.

Such friction serves as a drag on college completion.

But in truth few are properly investigated, and even when cases do reach court, proceedings can drag on for years.

Things drag on for numerous reasons, not all of them bad.

Back issues of differ noticeably from the other news magazines in the use of pictures of males in drag clothing.

If the generator slows it motors and becomes a drag or load on the grid.

Drag the symbol into the circle to see if you're right.

If your heart is set on understanding what makes each snowflake special, a degree in admin will be an interminable drag.

Each has tried to reorient his party-and drag it towards the other's.

Saab says they direct airflow across the rear deck, reducing lift without increasing drag.

Then the next time this happens, drag out that big gun, and watch the problem get resolved.

Others may be delighted at the chance to travel à la mode, but we'll stick to our old suitcase and drag it with pride.

If you're going to drag a motorized gadget across your face, it's comforting to find one that underpromises and overdelivers.

Governors and legislators have several reasons to drag their heels.

If so, no matter how nebulous it may be, it would still cause some drag on objects moving through it.

The total drag due to the air resistance might increase, but not that much for each additional car.

She had to drag his butt to the car and drive him there.

Higher government spending is now helping to offset the drag on the economy from falling overseas.

Inertia is enough in perfectly vacuum space but solar wind provides drag.

Otherwise, drag the converted file into iTunes and it's ready for viewing.

These faculty sometimes to act as a drag upon departments, colleges, and universities.

The third theory argues that drag in the dusty nebula from which the solar system formed would have herded the.

So the solar wind that gives thrust also gives drag.

Take a deep drag off the cigarette and hold the smoke in the back of your mouth.

Residential investment and state and local government spending continue to be a drag on growth.

When it was victorious, the kraken would drag the ichthyosaur's corpse back to its den for a feast.

Drag the songs you want into the playlist creator and then grab the embed code to post that playlist anywhere you like.

The largest member of the deer family provides drag noticeable even on an industrial winch.

In both countries, aerospace engineers had to drag political leaders' attention to the stars.

When this is done, you are prompted to drag one image over another to line up some background elements.

Deflation, placing a drag on domestic consumption, has pushed firms to go abroad faster.

But, unlike in years past, the affected firms did not drag the rest of the industry down with them.

State and local governments were once more a net drag on employment.

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World English Dictionary

drag (dræɡ)

—vb (often foll by on or out) (foll by out) (when intr, usually foll by for) , drags, dragging, dragged
1.	to pull or be pulled with force, esp along the ground or other surface
2.	(tr; often foll by away or from) to persuade to come away (from something attractive or interesting): he couldn't drag himself away from the shop
3.	to trail or cause to trail on the ground
4.	(tr) to move (oneself, one's feet, etc) with effort or difficulty: he drags himself out of bed at dawn
5.	to linger behind
6.	to prolong or be prolonged tediously or unnecessarily: his talk dragged on for hours
7.	to pass (time) in discomfort, poverty, unhappiness, etc: he dragged out his few remaining years
8.	to search (the bed of a river, canal, etc) with a dragnet or hook: they dragged the river for the body
9.	(tr foll by out or from) to crush (clods) or level (a soil surface) by use of a drag
10.	(of hounds) to follow (a fox or its trail) to the place where it has been lying
11.	slang (intr) to draw (on a cigarette, pipe, etc)
12.	computing to move (data) from one place to another on the screen by manipulating a mouse with its button held down
13.	drag anchor (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
14.	informal drag one's feet, drag one's heels to act with deliberate slowness
15.	drag someone's name in the mud to disgrace or defame someone

—n
16.	the act of dragging or the state of being dragged
17.	an implement, such as a dragnet, dredge, etc, used for dragging
18.	Also called: drag harrow a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
19.	a sporting coach with seats inside and out, usually drawn by four horses
20.	a braking or retarding device, such as a metal piece fitted to the underside of the wheel of a horse-drawn vehicle
21.	a person or thing that slows up progress
22.	slow progress or movement
23.	aeronautics the resistance to the motion of a body passing through a fluid, esp through air: applied to an aircraft in flight, it is the component of the resultant aerodynamic force measured parallel to the direction of air flow
24.	the trail of scent left by a fox or other animal hunted with hounds
25.	an artificial trail of a strong-smelling substance, sometimes including aniseed, drawn over the ground for hounds to follow
26.	See drag hunt
27.	angling unnatural movement imparted to a fly, esp a dry fly, by tension on the angler's line
28.	informal a person or thing that is very tedious; bore: exams are a drag
29.	slang a car
30.	short for drag race
31.	slang
	a. women's clothes worn by a man, usually by a transvestite (esp in the phrase in drag)
	b. (as modifier): a drag club; drag show
	c. clothes collectively
32.	informal a draw on a cigarette, pipe, etc
33.	slang (US) influence or persuasive power
34.	slang chiefly (US) a street or road

[Old English dragan to draw; related to Swedish dragga]

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Word Origin & History

drag

mid-15c., from O.N. draga, or a dialect variant of O.E. dragan "to draw," from P.Gmc. *dragan "to draw, pull," from PIE base *dhragh- "to draw, drag on the ground" (cf. Skt. dhrajati "pulls, slides in," Rus. drogi "wagon," and related to L. trahere; see tract (1)). Related:

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Dragged; dragging. Meaning "to take a puff" (of a cigarette, etc.) is from 1914. Sense of "annoying, boring person or thing" is 1813; sense of "women's clothing worn by a man" is said to be 1870 theater slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor (another guess is Yiddish trogn "to wear," from Ger. tragen); drag queen is from 1941. Drag-out "violent fight" is from c.1859. Drag racing (1954) is from slang sense of "wagon, buggy" (1755), because a horse would drag it. By 1851 this was transferred to "street," as in the phrase main drag, and it was adopted by hot rodders for "race on city streets." To drag (one's) feet (1946, in figurative sense) is supposedly from logging, from a lazy way to use a two-man saw.

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Science Dictionary

drag (drāg) Pronunciation Key
A force acting on a moving body, opposite in direction to the movement of the body, caused by the interaction of the body and the medium it moves through. The strength of drag usually depends on the velocity of the body. ◇ Drag caused by buildup of pressure in front of the moving body and a decrease in pressure behind the body is called pressure drag. It is an important factor in the design of aerodynamically efficient shapes for cars and airplanes. ◇ Drag caused by the viscosity of the medium as the molecules along the body's surface move through it is called skin drag or skin friction. It is an important factor in the design of efficient surface materials for cars, airplanes, boat hulls, skis, and swimsuits. Compare lift. See Note at aerodynamics.

Slang Dictionary

drag definition

n.
something dull and boring. : What a drag. Let's go someplace interesting.
n.
an annoying person; a burdensome person. (See also schlep.) : Gert could sure be a drag when she wanted.

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