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Drag
draɡ
- pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty
"we dragged the boat up the beach"
- take (someone) to or from a place or event, despite their reluctance
"my girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week"
- go somewhere wearily, reluctantly, or with difficulty
"I have to drag myself out of bed each day"
- (of a person's clothes or an animal's tail) trail along the ground
"the nuns walked in meditation, their habits dragging on the grassy verge"
- catch hold of and pull (something)
"desperately, Jinny dragged at his arm"
- (of a ship) trail (an anchor) along the seabed, drifting in the process
"the coaster was dragging her anchor in St Ives Bay"
- (of an anchor) fail to hold, causing a ship or boat to drift
"his anchor had dragged and he found himself sailing out to sea"
- search the bottom of (a river, lake, or the sea) with grapnels or nets
"frogmen had dragged the local river"
- (of time) pass slowly and tediously
"the day dragged—eventually it was time for bed"
become tedious appear to pass slowly go slowly move slowly creep along limp along crawl hang heavy go at a snail's pace wear on go on too long go on and on - move (an image, icon, etc.) across a display screen using a mouse, trackpad, one’s fingers, etc.
"you can move the icons into this group by dragging them in with the mouse"
- engage in a drag race
"they were caught dragging on Francis Lewis Blvd"
- the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty
"the drag of the current"
- the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object
"the coating reduces aerodynamic drag"
- a person or thing that impedes progress or development
"Larry was turning out to be a drag on her career"
- unnatural motion of a fishing fly caused by the pull of the line
- an iron shoe that can be applied as a brake to the wheel of a cart or wagon
- a boring or tiresome person or thing
"working nine to five can be a drag"
- an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette
"he took a long drag on his cigarette"
- clothing more conventionally worn by the other sex, especially exaggeratedly feminine clothing, makeup, and hair adopted by a man
"a fashion show, complete with men in drag"
- a street or road
"the main drag is wide but there are few vehicles"
- a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water
- a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land
- an apparatus for dredging or for recovering objects from the bottom of a river or lake
- a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox
- a hunt using a drag lure
- influence over other people
"they had the education but they didn't have the drag"
- one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes usually played with the other stick
- a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses
- a car
"a stately great drag with a smart chauffeur"