Drag - Definition

n 1: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
[syn: 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"
3: something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a 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"
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" [syn: puff, drag, pull]
6: the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the
hill exhausted him"
v 1: pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase
behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn:
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" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep,
sweep up, drag, drag in]
4: move slowly and as if with great effort
5: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still
are dragging" [syn: drag, trail, get behind, hang
back, drop behind, drop back]
6: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
cigarette" [syn: 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"
8: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff, drag]
9: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
valuable or lost [syn: dredge, drag]
10: persuade to come away from something attractive or
interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
11: proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged
on for two hours" [syn: drag, drag on, drag out]