Drag

[dræg]

Definition

(noun.) the act of dragging (pulling with force); 'the drag up the hill exhausted him'.

(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.

(verb.) proceed for an extended period of time; 'The speech dragged on for two hours'.

(verb.) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; 'He dragged me away from the television set'.

(verb.) pull, as against a resistance; 'He dragged the big suitcase behind him'; 'These worries were dragging at him'.

(verb.) to lag or linger behind; 'But in so many other areas we still are dragging'.

(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'.

Inputed by Lennon--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A confection; a comfit; a drug.

(v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.

(v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.

(v. t.) To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

(v. i.) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

(v. i.) To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

(v. i.) To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

(v. i.) To fish with a dragnet.

(v. t.) The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

(v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

(v. t.) A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

(v. t.) A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.

(v. t.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

(v. t.) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).

(v. t.) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

(v. t.) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

(v. t.) Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

(v. t.) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

(v. t.) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

(v. t.) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3.

Typed by Debora

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Draw, pull, haul, tug.

v. n. [1]. Trail, be drawn along.[2]. Linger, move slowly, make slow progress.

Typed by Andy

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Draw, pull, haul, bring

ANT:Carry, convey, push, propel, raise, heave

Checked by Curtis

Definition

v.t. to draw by force: to draw slowly: to pull roughly and violently: to explore with a drag-net or hook.—v.i. to hang so as to trail on the ground: to be forcibly drawn along: to move slowly and heavily:—pr.p. drag′ging; pa.p. dragged.—n. a net or hook for dragging along to catch things under water: a heavy harrow: a device for guiding wood to the saw: a mail-coach: a long open carriage with transverse or side seats: a contrivance for retarding carriage-wheels in going down slopes: any obstacle to progress: an artificial scent (anise-seed &c.) dragged on the ground for foxhounds trained to the pursuit (Drag′-hounds) to follow: (billiards) a push somewhat under the centre of the cue-ball causing it to follow the object-ball a short way.—ns. Drag′-bar a strong iron bar for connecting railway-carriages together—also Draw′-bar; Drag′-bolt a strong bolt passing through the drag-bar of railway-carriages and serving to fasten the coupling; Drag′-chain the chain that connects engine and tender or carriages and wagons with one another; Drag′-man a fisherman who uses a drag-net; Drag′-net a net to be dragged or drawn along the bottom of water to catch fish; Drags′man the driver of a drag or coach.

Checker: Yale