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The definition of drag
34 Definitions of: drag
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- verb, to pull or be pulled with force, esp along the ground or other surface
- verb, to persuade to come away (from something attractive or interesting)
- verb, to trail or cause to trail on the ground
- verb, to move (oneself, one's feet, etc) with effort or difficulty
- verb, to linger behind
- verb, to prolong or be prolonged tediously or unnecessarily
- verb, to pass (time) in discomfort, poverty, unhappiness, etc
- verb, to search (the bed of a river, canal, etc) with a dragnet or hook
- verb, to crush (clods) or level (a soil surface) by use of a drag
- verb, (of hounds) to follow (a fox or its trail) to the place where it has been lying
- verb, slang to draw (on a cigarette, pipe, etc)
- verb, computing to move (data) from one place to another on the screen by manipulating a mouse with its button held down
- verb, drag anchor (of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
- verb, drag one's feet or heels to act with deliberate slowness
- verb, drag (someone's) name in the mud to disgrace or defame (someone)
- noun, the act of dragging or the state of being dragged
- noun, an implement, such as a dragnet, dredge, etc, used for dragging
- noun, Also called: drag harrow a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
- noun, a sporting coach with seats inside and out, usually drawn by four horses
- noun, a braking or retarding device, such as a metal piece fitted to the underside of the wheel of a horse-drawn vehicle
- noun, a person or thing that slows up progress
- noun, slow progress or movement
- noun, aeronautics the resistance to the motion of a body passing through a fluid, esp through air: applied to an aircraft in flight, it is the component of the resultant aerodynamic force measured parallel to the direction of air flow
- noun, the trail of scent left by a fox or other animal hunted with hounds
- noun, an artificial trail of a strong-smelling substance, sometimes including aniseed, drawn over the ground for hounds to follow
- noun, See drag hunt
- noun, angling unnatural movement imparted to a fly, esp a dry fly, by tension on the angler's line
- noun, a person or thing that is very tedious; bore
- noun, slang a car
- noun, short for drag race
- noun, slang a) women's clothes worn by a man, usually by a transvestite (esp in the phrase in drag) b) (as modifier) c) clothes collectively
- noun, a draw on a cigarette, pipe, etc
- noun, slang influence or persuasive power
- noun, slang a street or road ▷ See also drag down ▷ See also, drag in ▷ See also, drag out of ▷ See also, drag up
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of drag