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    drag

    drag - Dictionary definition and meaning for word drag

    Definition
    (noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
    Synonyms : retarding force
    Definition
    (noun) something that slows or delays progress
    Example Sentence
    • taxation is a drag on the economy
    • too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
    Definition
    (noun) something tedious and boring
    Example Sentence
    • peeling potatoes is a drag
    Definition
    (noun) clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
    Example Sentence
    • he went to the party dressed in drag
    • the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag
    Definition
    (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    Synonyms : puff , pull
    Example Sentence
    • he took a puff on his pipe
    • he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
    Definition
    (noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force)
    Example Sentence
    • the drag up the hill exhausted him
    Definition
    (verb) pull, as against a resistance
    Example Sentence
    • He dragged the big suitcase behind him
    • These worries were dragging at him
    Definition
    (verb) draw slowly or heavily
    Synonyms : cart , hale , haul
    Example Sentence
    • haul stones
    • haul nets
    Definition
    (verb) force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
    Synonyms : drag in , embroil , sweep , sweep up , tangle
    Example Sentence
    • They were swept up by the events
    • don't drag me into this business
    Definition
    (verb) move slowly and as if with great effort Definition
    (verb) to lag or linger behind
    Example Sentence
    • But in so many other areas we still are dragging
    Definition
    (verb) suck in or take (air)
    Synonyms : draw , puff
    Example Sentence
    • draw a deep breath
    • draw on a cigarette
    Definition
    (verb) use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
    Example Sentence
    • drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen
    Definition
    (verb) walk without lifting the feet
    Synonyms : scuff
    Definition
    (verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
    Synonyms : dredge
    Definition
    (verb) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
    Example Sentence
    • He dragged me away from the television set
    Definition
    (verb) proceed for an extended period of time
    Synonyms : drag on , drag out
    Example Sentence
    • The speech dragged on for two hours

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text: i would drag a shoestring on the ground
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