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drag
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
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noun
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
“the drag up the hill exhausted him”
noun
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
“he took a puff on his pipe”
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”
noun
something tedious and boring
“peeling potatoes is a drag”
noun
something that slows or delays progress
“taxation is a drag on the economy”
noun
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
verb
proceed for an extended period of time
“The speech dragged on for two hours”
verb
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
“He dragged me away from the television set”
verb
suck in or take (air)
“draw a deep breath”
verb
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
verb
pull, as against a resistance
“He dragged the big suitcase behind him”
verb
draw slowly or heavily
“haul stones”
verb
walk without lifting the feet
verb
to lag or linger behind
“But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
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
“drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen”
verb
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
“They were swept up by the events”
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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
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