drag
has definitions from the fields of physics,clothing
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[ verb ] pull, as against a resistance
Examples "He dragged the big suitcase behind him" "These worries were dragging at him" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)Half crazed by the weight dragging , the dust , and the heat , the horse leaped our wall , dashing out the rider 's brains against it , and leaving him lying there among us - while the horse crashed away through the brush . |
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[ verb ] draw slowly or heavily
Examples "haul stones" "haul nets" Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)In a confused , soaked and stumbling shift of bodies and lifting arms , the two men were dragged into the same skiff . |
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[ verb ] to lag or linger behind
Synonyms Examples : "But in so many other areas we still are dragging." Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution,...)But in so many other areas we still are dragging . |
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[ verb ] move slowly and as if with great effort
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[ verb ] suck in or take, as of air
Examples "draw a deep breath" draw on a cigarette" Used in print (The American-German Review,...)As he talked_about himself , time_and_again stuffing and dragging on his pipe , Steinberg began to relax and the initial hurried feeling grew faint and was dispelled . |
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[ noun ] (physics) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Synonyms Used in print (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)Whipple ( 1955 ) extends the effects to include the solar corpuscular_radiation pressure , which increases both the minimum particle size and the drag . Related terms |
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[ noun ] something tedious and boring
Examples "peeling potatoes is a drag" Related terms |
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[ verb ] persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
Examples "He dragged me away from the television set" Related terms |
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[ 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" Related terms |
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[ 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" Related terms |
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[ 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" Related terms |
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