English dictionary
drag
nounParts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of dragging (pulling with force)
noun
- a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
noun
- clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
noun
- something tedious and boring
noun
- something that slows or delays progress
noun
- the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
- proceed for an extended period of time
verb
- persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
verb
- suck in or take (air)
verb
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
verb
- pull, as against a resistance
verb
- draw slowly or heavily
verb
- walk without lifting the feet
verb
- to lag or linger behind
verb
- move slowly and as if with great effort
verb
- use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
verb
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Example sentences
the drag up the hill exhausted him
he took a puff on his pipe
he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
he went to the party dressed in drag
the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag
peeling potatoes is a drag
taxation is a drag on the economy
too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
The speech dragged on for two hours
He dragged me away from the television set
draw a deep breath
draw on a cigarette
He dragged the big suitcase behind him
These worries were dragging at him
haul stones
haul nets
But in so many other areas we still are dragging
drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen
They were swept up by the events
don't drag me into this business