 drag |
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| 1. | [ verb ] pull, as against a resistance | |
| Examples: | "He dragged the big suitcase behind him" "These worries were dragging at him" |
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| Related terms: | pull shlep trail embroil | |
| 2. | [ verb ] draw slowly or heavily | |
| Synonyms: | haul cart hale | |
| Examples: | "haul stones" "haul nets" |
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| Related terms: | pull bowse draw hauler | |
| 3. | [ verb ] to lag or linger behind | |
| Synonyms: | trail drop_behind hang_back get_behind | |
| Examples: | : "But in so many other areas we still are dragging." |
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| Related terms: | lag dawdler | |
| 4. | [ verb ] move slowly and as if with great effort | |
| Related terms: | travel | |
| 5. | [ verb ] suck in or take, as of air | |
| Synonyms: | draw puff | |
| Examples: | "draw a deep breath" draw on a cigarette" |
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| Related terms: | inhale smoke | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (physics) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | |
| Synonyms: | retarding_force | |
| Related terms: | resistance windage sonic_barrier | |
| 7. | [ verb ] force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | |
| Synonyms: | sweep embroil sweep_up drag_in tangle | |
| Examples: | "They were swept up by the events" "don't drag me into this business" |
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| Related terms: | involve imbroglio | |
| 8. | [ noun ] something tedious and boring | |
| Examples: | "peeling potatoes is a drag" |
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| Related terms: | tediousness colloquialism | |
| 9. | [ verb ] proceed for an extended period of time | |
| Synonyms: | drag_out drag_on | |
| Examples: | "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
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| Related terms: | proceed | |
| 10. | [ verb ] walk without lifting the feet | |
| Synonyms: | scuff | |
| Related terms: | shuffle scuff | |
| 11. | [ verb ] persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting | |
| Examples: | "He dragged me away from the television set" |
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| Related terms: | persuade | |
| 12. | [ noun ] a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | |
| Synonyms: | pull puff | |
| Examples: | "he took a puff on his pipe" "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
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| Related terms: | inhalation toke smoke puff | |
| 13. | [ verb ] use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu | |
| Examples: | "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen" |
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| Related terms: | move | |
| 14. | [ noun ] (clothing) clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) | |
| Examples: | "he went to the party dressed in drag" "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag" |
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| Related terms: | clothing | |
| 15. | [ verb ] search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | |
| Synonyms: | dredge | |
| Related terms: | search dredge | |
| 16. | [ noun ] something that slows or delays progress | |
| Examples: | "taxation is a drag on the economy" "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land" |
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| Related terms: | hindrance | |
| 17. | [ noun ] the act of dragging (pulling with force) | |
| Examples: | "the drag up the hill exhausted him" |
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| Related terms: | pull haul | |
| Similar spelling: |
Drago Drage Dragoo dragee drug dreg Draggoo Dryas dregs drogue Driggs Droz |
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