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Drag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragged p. pr. & vb. n. Dragging ]
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
n 1: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid [syn:
retarding force]
2: 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"
3: something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
4: 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"
5: 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" [syn: puff, pull]
6: the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the
hill exhausted him"
v 1: pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase
behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul,
hale, cart]
3: 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" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep
up, drag in]
4: move slowly and as if with great effort
5: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we
still are dragging" [syn: trail, get behind, hang
back, drop behind]
6: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
cigarette" [syn: puff, draw]
7: 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"
8: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff]
9: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
valuable or lost [syn: dredge]
10: persuade to come away from something attractive or
interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
11: proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged
on for two hours" [syn: drag on, drag out]
[also: dragging, dragged]