| drag [n] |
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| 1) | the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid |
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| Synonyms : | retarding_force |
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| resistance sonic_barrier windage |
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| 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" |
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| balk |
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| 3) | something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag" |
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| tediousness colloquialism |
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| 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" |
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| article_of_clothing |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | puff pull |
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| aspiration smoke puff toke |
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| 6) | the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him" |
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| pull cart |
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| drag [v] |
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| 1) | pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
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| draw dragger pull_along trail |
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| 2) | draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" |
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| Synonyms : | cart hale haul |
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| draw dragger dragger draw hauler hauling bouse |
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| 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" |
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| Synonyms : | drag_in embroil sweep sweep_up tangle |
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| involve embroilment |
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| 4) | move slowly and as if with great effort |
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| go |
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| 5) | to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" |
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| Synonyms : | drop_behind get_behind hang_back trail |
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| dawdle dawdler |
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| 6) | suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
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| Synonyms : | draw puff |
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| smoke breathe_in |
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| 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" |
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| displace |
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| 8) | walk without lifting the feet |
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| Synonyms : | scuff |
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| scuffle scuff scuffer |
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| 9) | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost |
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| Synonyms : | dredge |
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| look_for dredge |
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| 10) | persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set" |
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| persuade |
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| 11) | proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
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| Synonyms : | drag_on drag_out |
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| go |
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