DRAG
Definition:
- [noun] the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Synonyms: retarding force
- [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"
- [noun] something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a 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"
- [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"
Synonyms: puff, pull
- [noun] the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
- [verb] pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
- [verb] draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
Synonyms: haul, hale, cart
- [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"
Synonyms: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, in
- [verb] move slowly and as if with great effort
- [verb] to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
Synonyms: trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
- [verb] suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
Synonyms: puff, draw
- [verb] use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"
- [verb] walk without lifting the feet
Synonyms: scuff
- [verb] search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Synonyms: dredge
- [verb] persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
- [verb] proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
Synonyms: on, out
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