Meaning of 'drag'

noun

the act of dragging (pulling with force)

Example: "the drag up the hill exhausted him"

noun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

Synonyms: pull

noun

clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex: especially women's clothing when worn by a man

Example: "I went to the party dressed in drag."

noun

something tedious and boring

Example: "peeling potatoes is a drag"

noun

something that slows or delays progress

Example: "taxation is a drag on the economy"

noun

the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Synonyms: retarding force

verb

proceed for an extended period of time

Example: "The speech dragged on for two hours"

Synonyms: drag on

verb

persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

Example: "They dragged me away from the television set."

verb

suck in or take (air)

Synonyms: draw puff

verb

search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Synonyms: dredge

verb

pull, as against a resistance

Example: "They dragged the big suitcase behind them."

verb

draw slowly or heavily

Synonyms: haul

verb

walk without lifting the feet

Synonyms: scuff

verb

to lag or linger behind

Example: "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

Synonyms: trail

verb

move slowly and as if with great effort

verb

use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu

Example: "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"

verb

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Synonyms: sweep tangle sweep up embroil drag in