v.
(drags, dragging, dragged)
- pull along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.
▸take (someone) somewhere, despite their reluctance.
▸move (an image) across a computer screen using a mouse.
- trail along the ground.
▸search the bottom of (a body of water) with grapnels or nets.
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(drag something up)
informal deliberately mention something unwelcome.
- (of time) pass slowly and tediously.
▸
(drag something out)
protract something unnecessarily.
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(drag on)
informal inhale the smoke from (a cigarette).
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(drag someone up)
Brit. dated bring up a child badly.
n.
- the action of dragging.
- the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object.
- informal a boring or tiresome person or thing.
- informal an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette.
- women's clothing worn by a man:
men in drag.
- a drag race.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a street or road:
the main drag.
- historical a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.
- an apparatus for dredging or for recovering objects from the bottom of water.
- historical a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land.
- archaic an iron shoe applied as a brake to a wheel.
- N. Amer. informal influence over other people.
- a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox.
- Music (in drumming) a basic pattern consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes played with the other stick.
Phrase
- drag one's feet
- walk wearily or with difficulty.
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(also drag one's heels)
be deliberately slow to act.
Etymology
ME: from OE dragan or ON draga ‘to draw’.