drag
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
- 1
proceed for an extended period of time
The speech dragged on for two hours
- 2
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
He dragged me away from the television set
- 3
suck in or take (air)
draw a deep breath
draw on a cigarette
- 4
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- 5
pull, as against a resistance
He dragged the big suitcase behind him
These worries were dragging at him
- 6
draw slowly or heavily
haul stones
haul nets
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