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drag is the dictionary form of draged Definition of drag
drag has definitions from the fields of physics,clothing
1
[ verb ] pull, as against a resistance

Examples

"He dragged the big suitcase behind him" "These worries were dragging at him"

2
[ verb ] draw slowly or heavily

Synonyms

haul cart hale

Examples

"haul stones" "haul nets"

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."

4
[ verb ] move slowly and as if with great effort
5
[ verb ] suck in or take, as of air

Synonyms

draw puff

Examples

"draw a deep breath" draw on a cigarette"

6
[ noun ] (physics) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Synonyms

retarding_force

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"

8
[ noun ] something tedious and boring

Examples

"peeling potatoes is a drag"

9
[ verb ] proceed for an extended period of time

Synonyms

drag_out drag_on

Examples

"The speech dragged on for two hours"

10
[ verb ] walk without lifting the feet

Synonyms

scuff

11
[ verb ] persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

Examples

"He dragged me away from the television set"

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"

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"

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"

15
[ verb ] search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Synonyms

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"

17
[ noun ] the act of dragging (pulling with force)

Examples

"the drag up the hill exhausted him"

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drugged Drogheda drugget drygoods dressed drag_down Drozd

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