drag /drag/

1. To draw by force
2. To draw slowly
3. To move (an icon, file, etc) across the screen by using a mouse with its key kept depressed (computing)
4. To pull roughly and violently
5. To trail
6. To explore with a dragnet or hook
7. To apply a drag to

1. To hang so as to trail on the ground
2. To be forcibly drawn along
3. To move slowly and heavily
4. To lag
5. To give the feeling of being unduly slow or tedious

1. Anything dragged
2. An act of dragging
3. A dragging effect
4. The component of the aerodynamic force on a body travelling through a fluid (esp a vehicle travelling through air) that lies along the longitudinal axis
5. A net or hook for dragging along to catch things under water
6. A device on a reel that puts pressure on the line to prevent it breaking (angling)
7. A heavy harrow
8. A device for guiding wood to the saw
9. A car, lorry or wagon (slang)
10. A mail-coach
11. A long open carriage, with transverse or side seats
12. A brake, esp an iron shoe that drags on the ground
13. Any obstacle to progress
14. A tedious, dreary occupation or experience (informal)
15. Influence, pull (US sl)
16. A trail of scent left by an animal, or a trail of broken undergrowth caused by an animal dragging off its prey
17. An artificial scent dragged on the ground for foxhounds to follow
18. A short ‘draw’ on a cigarette (informal)
19. A retarded motion of the cue ball imparted by striking somewhat under the centre (snooker, etc)
20. (the wearing of) transvestite clothing, now usu women's clothing worn by a man, or a form of entertainment involving this (informal; also adjective)
21. A homosexuals' party (slang)

draggˈing noun

A technique in interior decoration, in which a brush is pulled through freshly-applied paint to give an irregular decorative effect

draggˈy adjective (informal)

Boring, tedious

dragˈster noun

A car for drag-racing

dragˈ-bar noun

A drawbar

dragˈ-chain noun

1. A chain used as drag to a wheel
2. A chain for coupling railway vehicles

dragˈhound noun

A foxhound trained to follow a drag

drag hunt noun

drag lift noun

A ski lift that pulls people wearing skis up a slope

dragˈline noun

An excavating machine, crane-like in appearance, moving on articulated tracks (or walking dragline, on ‘legs' having steel plates as ‘feet’), and drawing towards itself a bucket suspended from a long jib

dragˈ-man noun

A fisherman who uses a dragnet

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