drag

Noun

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)
  • the drag up the hill exhausted him
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• something tedious and boring
  • peeling potatoes is a drag
    

• 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
    

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Verb

• proceed for an extended period of time
  • The speech dragged on for two hours
    

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
  • He dragged me away from the television set
    

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

• walk without lifting the feet

• 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
    

• suck in or take (air)
  • draw a deep breath
    
  • draw on a cigarette
    

• to lag or linger behind
  • But in so many other areas we still are dragging
    

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• 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
    

• draw slowly or heavily
  • haul stones
    
  • haul nets
    

• pull, as against a resistance
  • He dragged the big suitcase behind him
    
  • These worries were dragging at him
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  puff , pull , retarding force , drag on , drag out , dredge , scuff , draw , trail , get behind , hang back , drop behind , drop back , embroil , tangle , sweep , sweep up , drag in , haul , hale , cart