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DRAG
drag
(noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force); “the drag up the hill exhausted him”
puff, drag, pull
(noun) 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”
drag
(noun) 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”
drag
(noun) something tedious and boring; “peeling potatoes is a drag”
drag
(noun) 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”
drag, retarding force
(noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
drag, drag on, drag out
(verb) proceed for an extended period of time; “The speech dragged on for two hours”
drag
(verb) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; “He dragged me away from the television set”
puff, drag, draw
(verb) suck in or take (air); “draw a deep breath”; “draw on a cigarette”
dredge, drag
(verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
drag
(verb) pull, as against a resistance; “He dragged the big suitcase behind him”; “These worries were dragging at him”
haul, hale, cart, drag
(verb) draw slowly or heavily; “haul stones”; “haul nets”
scuff, drag
(verb) walk without lifting the feet
drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
(verb) to lag or linger behind; “But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
drag
(verb) move slowly and as if with great effort
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
drag (countable and uncountable, plural drags)
(uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
(countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
(countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
(countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
(countable, slang) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats. [from mid-18th c.]
(countable, slang) Street, as in 'main drag'. [from mid-19th c.]
(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
(countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
Witch house music.
The last position in a line of hikers.
(aviation, aerodynamics) The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
(billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
A device for guiding wood to the saw.
(historical) A mailcoach.
Verb
drag (third-person singular simple present drags, present participle dragging, simple past and past participle (dialectal) drug or dragged)
(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
(computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
(chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
(soccer) To hit or kick off target.
To fish with a dragnet.
To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
Synonym: harrow
(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
Synonyms: criticize, Thesaurus:criticize
Etymology 2
Noun
drag (usually uncountable, plural drags)
(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment. [from late 19th c.]
(countable, slang) A men's party attended in women's clothing. [from early 20th c.]
(uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
Verb
drag (third-person singular simple present drags, present participle dragging, simple past and past participle dragged)
To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
Anagrams
• Gard, Grad, darg, gard, grad
Source: Wiktionary
Drag, n. Etym: [See 3d Dredge.]
Definition: A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Drag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dragging.] Etym: [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. Draw.]
1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.
2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. Tennyson.
3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life. Dryden. To drag an anchor (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship.
Syn.
– See Draw.
Drag, v. i.
1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly. The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun. Byron. Long, open panegyric drags at best. Gay.
3. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back. A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. Russell.
4. To fish with a dragnet.
Drag, n. Etym: [See Drag, v. t., and cf. Dray a cart, and 1st Dredge.]
1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] Thackeray.
5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
6. (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below). (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel. (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment. My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag. J. D. Forbes.
7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." Hazlitt.
8. (Founding)
Definition: The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.
9. (Masonry)
Definition: A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
10. (Marine Engin.)
Definition: The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3. Drag sail (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; -- called also drift sail, drag sheet, drag anchor, sea anchor, floating anchor, etc.
– Drag twist (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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