Drag
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of dragging (pulling with force)
"The drag up the hill exhausted him"
(2) 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"
(3) 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"
(4) Something tedious and boring
"Peeling potatoes is a drag"
(5) 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"
(6) The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
(7) Proceed for an extended period of time
"The speech dragged on for two hours"
(8) Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
"He dragged me away from the television set"
(9) Suck in or take (air)
"Draw a deep breath"
"Draw on a cigarette"
(10) Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
(11) Pull, as against a resistance
"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
"These worries were dragging at him"
(12) Draw slowly or heavily
"Haul stones"
"Haul nets"
(13) Walk without lifting the feet
(14) To lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
(15) Move slowly and as if with great effort
(16) 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"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
- To move slowly.
- Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus.
- To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
- To move a mouse cursor while holding down a button on the mouse, often to move something on the screen.
- Drag the file into the window to open it.
Noun
- Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
- When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.
- The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
- Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating.
- Someone or something that is disappointing.
- Women’s clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
- Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture (corporate drag).
- A puff on a cigarette or joint.