Dictionary Definition
drag
Noun
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"
Verb
1 pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the
big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at
him"
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]
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]dragged See drag
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
dragged- past of drag