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drag - the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him" |
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pull,
pulling the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
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drag - the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid |
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resistance the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
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sonic barrier,
sound barrier the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound
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windage the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind
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drag - something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag" |
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tediousness,
tedium,
tiresomeness dullness owing to length or slowness
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colloquialism a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
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drag - 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" |
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article of clothing,
clothing,
habiliment,
vesture,
wear,
wearable a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
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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" |
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balk,
baulk,
check,
deterrent,
handicap,
hinderance,
hindrance,
impediment an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
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| verb |
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drag - pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
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draw,
force,
pull cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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drag,
drag in,
embroil,
sweep,
sweep up,
tangle proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
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pull along,
schlep,
shlep pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk"
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trail,
train drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
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drag - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" |
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trail |
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dawdle,
fall back,
fall behind,
lag retreat
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drag - proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
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go,
proceed be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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drag - persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set" |
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persuade cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"
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drag - move slowly and as if with great effort |
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go,
locomote,
move,
travel be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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drag - 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" |
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displace,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
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