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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024drag /dræg/USA pronunciation v., dragged, drag•ging, n., adj. v. - to pull slowly and with effort;
haul:[~ + object]dragged his injured foot behind him. - to be pulled along;
to move heavily or slowly and with great effort:[no object]The bride's long dress began to drag along the ground. - to search (a lake, etc.) with a net or hook:[~ + object]began to drag the lake for bodies.
- to introduce or put in:[~ + object]He drags his war stories into every conversation.
- to (cause to) go on for too long a time: [no object]The discussion dragged on for hours.[~ + object + out]They dragged the discussion out for three hours.[~ + out + object]to drag out a discussion.
- to feel listless and exhausted;
to move in such a manner:[no object]This heat has everyone dragging around. - Computing to pull (a graphic image) from one place to another on a computer monitor:[~ + object]Drag the icon and release it.
- to lag behind:[no object]He's dragging behind in the race.
- to take a puff:[~ + on + object]to drag on a cigarette.
- to bring up (an issue) unfairly: [~ + up + object]They keep dragging up my past.[~ + object + up]They dragged those old stories up again.
n. - Nautical, Naval Terms[countable] a device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover objects.
- Agriculture[countable] a heavy frame drawn over the ground to smooth it.
- someone or something that keeps one from achieving some goal:[countable]He felt his wife had been a drag on his career as an actor.
- Slang Termssomeone or something boring or uninteresting:[countable* usually: a + ~]This party's a drag.
- Aeronautics[uncountable] the force in the air on a wing in motion through the air that tends to reduce its forward motion;
resistance. - a puff on a cigarette, pipe, etc.:[countable]He took a drag on a cigarette.
- [Slang.]clothing usually worn by the opposite sex:[uncountable]He went to the dance in drag, wearing a dress and high heel shoes.
- Slang Terms[uncountable]influence;
clout. adj. - [Slang.]associated with the opposite sex;
transvestite.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024drag (drag),USA pronunciation v., dragged, drag•ging, n., adj. v.t. - to draw with force, effort, or difficulty;
pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail:They dragged the carpet out of the house. - to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like:They dragged the lake for the body of the missing man.
- to level and smooth (land) with a drag or harrow.
- to introduce;
inject; insert:He drags his honorary degree into every discussion. - to protract (something) or pass (time) tediously or painfully (often fol. by out or on):They dragged the discussion out for three hours.
- Computingto pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen, esp. by using a mouse.
v.i. - to be drawn or hauled along.
- to trail on the ground.
- to move heavily or with effort.
- to proceed or pass with tedious slowness:The parade dragged by endlessly.
- to feel listless or apathetic;
move listlessly or apathetically (often fol. by around):This heat wave has everyone dragging around. - to lag behind.
- to use a drag or grapnel;
dredge. - to take part in a drag race.
- to take a puff:to drag on a cigarette.
- Idioms drag one's feet or heels, to act with reluctance;
delay:The committee is dragging its feet coming to a decision. n. - [Naut.]
- Naval Termsa designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
- Naval Termsresistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
- Naval Termsany of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
- Naval Termsany object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
- Naval Termsany device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- Agriculturea heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it.
- Slang Termssomeone or something tedious;
a bore:It's a drag having to read this old novel. - a stout sledge or sled.
- [Aeron.]the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion.
- a four-horse sporting and passenger coach with seats inside and on top.
- a metal shoe to receive a wheel of heavy wagons and serve as a brake on steep grades.
- something that retards progress.
- an act of dragging.
- slow, laborious movement or procedure;
retardation. - a puff or inhalation on a cigarette, pipe, etc.
- Sport[Hunting.]
- the scent left by a fox or other animal.
- something, as aniseed, dragged over the ground to leave an artificial scent.
- Also called drag hunt. a hunt, esp. a fox hunt, in which the hounds follow an artificial scent.
- Sport[Angling.]
- a brake on a fishing reel.
- the sideways pull on a fishline, as caused by a crosscurrent.
- clothing characteristically associated with one sex when worn by a person of the opposite sex:a Mardi Gras ball at which many of the dancers were in drag.
- clothing characteristic of a particular occupation or milieu:Two guests showed up in gangster drag.
- BuildingAlso called comb. [Masonry.]a steel plate with a serrated edge for dressing a stone surface.
- Metallurgythe lower part of a flask. Cf. cope2 (def. 5).
- Slang Termsinfluence:He claims he has drag with his senator.
- Slang Termsa girl or woman that one is escorting;
date. - Informal Termsa street or thoroughfare, esp. a main street of a town or city.
- AutomotiveSee drag race.
- Dialect Terms[Eastern New Eng.]a sledge, as for carrying stones from a field.
adj. - marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex;
transvestite.
- Middle Low German dragge grapnel, draggen to dredge, derivative of drag- draw; defs. 29-30, 38, obscurely related to other senses and perh. a distinct word of independent origin, originally
- 1350–1400; 1920–25 for def. 18; Middle English; both noun, nominal and verb, verbal probably
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See draw.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged linger, loiter.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: drag /dræɡ/ vb (drags, dragging, dragged)- to pull or be pulled with force, esp along the ground or other surface
- (tr; often followed by away or from) to persuade to come away (from something attractive or interesting): he couldn't drag himself away from the shop
- to trail or cause to trail on the ground
- (transitive) to move (oneself, one's feet, etc) with effort or difficulty: he drags himself out of bed at dawn
- to linger behind
- often followed by on or out: to prolong or be prolonged tediously or unnecessarily: his talk dragged on for hours
- (tr followed by out or from) to crush (clods) or level (a soil surface) by use of a drag
- (of hounds) to follow (a fox or its trail) to the place where it has been lying
- (intransitive) slang to draw (on a cigarette, pipe, etc)
- to move (data) from one place to another on the screen by manipulating a mouse with its button held down
- drag anchor ⇒ (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- drag one's feet, drag one's heels ⇒ informal to act with deliberate slowness
n - the act of dragging or the state of being dragged
- an implement, such as a dragnet, dredge, etc, used for dragging
- Also called: drag harrow a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
- a sporting coach with seats inside and out, usually drawn by four horses
- a braking or retarding device, such as a metal piece fitted to the underside of the wheel of a horse-drawn vehicle
- a person or thing that slows up progress
- slow progress or movement
- the resistance to the motion of a body passing through a fluid, esp through air: applied to an aircraft in flight, it is the component of the resultant aerodynamic force measured parallel to the direction of air flow
- the trail of scent left by a fox or other animal hunted with hounds
- an artificial trail of a strong-smelling substance, sometimes including aniseed, drawn over the ground for hounds to follow
- See drag hunt
- informal a person or thing that is very tedious; bore: exams are a drag
- slang a car
- short for drag race
- slang women's clothes worn by a man, usually by a transvestite (esp in the phrase in drag)
- (as modifier): a drag club, drag show
- clothes collectively
- informal a draw on a cigarette, pipe, etc
- US slang influence or persuasive power
- chiefly US slang a street or road
See also drag out of, drag upEtymology: Old English dragan to draw; related to Swedish dragga |