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drag - Dictionary definition and meaning for drag

DRAG

  • (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", "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"

    synonyms : puff , pull

  • (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", "the waitresses looked like missionaries 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", "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"

  • (noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

    synonyms : retarding force

  • (verb) proceed for an extended period of time

    "The speech dragged on for two hours"

    synonyms : drag on , drag out

  • (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", "draw on a cigarette"

    synonyms : draw , puff

  • (verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

    synonyms : dredge

  • (verb) pull, as against a resistance

    "He dragged the big suitcase behind him", "These worries were dragging at him"

  • (verb) draw slowly or heavily

    "haul stones", "haul nets"

    synonyms : cart , hale , haul

  • (verb) walk without lifting the feet

    synonyms : scuff

  • (verb) to lag or linger behind

    "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

    synonyms : drop back , drop behind , get behind , hang back , trail

  • (verb) move slowly and as if with great effort

  • (verb) 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"

  • (verb) 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"

    synonyms : drag in , embroil , sweep , sweep up , tangle

    He was embroiled into this matter. -added by priyavanjeri

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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