Meaning & Definition of Drag in English
Drag
noun
1. The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- drag,
- retarding force
2. 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"
- drag
3. Something tedious and boring
- "Peeling potatoes is a drag"
- drag
4. 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"
- drag
5. 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"
- puff,
- drag,
- pull
6. The act of dragging (pulling with force)
- "The drag up the hill exhausted him"
- drag
verb
1. Pull, as against a resistance
- "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
- "These worries were dragging at him"
- drag
2. Draw slowly or heavily
- "Haul stones"
- "Haul nets"
- haul,
- hale,
- cart,
- drag
3. 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"
- embroil,
- tangle,
- sweep,
- sweep up,
- drag,
- drag in
4. Move slowly and as if with great effort
- drag
5. To lag or linger behind
- "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
- drag,
- trail,
- get behind,
- hang back,
- drop behind,
- drop back
6. Suck in or take (air)
- "Draw a deep breath"
- "Draw on a cigarette"
- puff,
- drag,
- draw
7. 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"
- drag
8. Walk without lifting the feet
- scuff,
- drag
9. Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- dredge,
- drag
10. Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
- "He dragged me away from the television set"
- drag
11. Proceed for an extended period of time
- "The speech dragged on for two hours"
- drag,
- drag on,
- drag out