Dictionary Definition
drag
Noun
1 the phenomenon of resistance to motion through
a fluid [syn: 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, pull]
6 the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the
drag up the hill exhausted him"
Verb
1 pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the
big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at
him"
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
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: trail, get behind,
hang
back, drop
behind]
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]
9 search (as the bottom of a body of water) for
something valuable or lost [syn: dredge]
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 on, drag out] [also:
dragging, dragged]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- British English /dr\
Extensive Definition
Drag may refer to:
Computing
- In computing, to drag a mouse's button and hold it down while moving the mouse, used in drag-and-drop
Culture
- Drag (clothing), slang for any costume, but particularly for clothes of one gender worn by the opposite gender
- In music, to drag is to play slower than the indicated tempo
- Drag (percussion), in drumming, one of the 26 rudiments, consisting of two light strokes with one hand followed by a strong stroke with the opposite hand
- DRAG* (band), UK punk band http://www.myspace.com/dressedasgirl
- Drag (band), a band from Australia
- Drag (film), a 1929 film
- Drag (album), a 1997 album by kd lang with a smoking motif
- Drag (Hellbillies album), an album by Hellbillies
- Drag (Red Aunts album), an album by the Red Aunts
- "Drag" (song), a track by Placebo (band) on their album Meds
- Drag (song), a song by Hole off their EP Malibu
- A "drag" is something that is considered tedious and boring.
- "Dragging" can refer to inhaling off a cigarette (usually tobacco) (ex. "Let me get a drag off your cigarette.")
Objects
- Park Drag, a type of carriage
- A heavy type of harrow (tool), used to break up ground in agriculture
- Police drag, a small dredge used to recover objects or bodies lost in shallow water
Places
- Drag, Norway, a village in Tysfjord municipality, Nordland, Norway
Physics, Engineering
- Drag (physics), a combination of aerodynamic or hydrodynamic forces which tends to reduce speed
- Drag coefficient
Sports
- Drag racing, a form of automobile racing
Other
- Dinitrogenase reductase activating glycohydrolase, an enzyme used in biochemistry
drag in Danish:
Drag
drag in German:
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drag in Norwegian:
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drag in Swedish:
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adduct, adduction, affinity, aggravation, allurement, amble, annoyance, arrest, artery, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, avenue, bad news, bag, bale, barge, be magnetic, be prolonged,
bearing rein, bedevilment, bit, block, bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, boulevard, bowl along,
brake, bundle, burden, burdening, burthen, buttonholer, capillarity, capillary
attraction, cargo,
cascade, centripetal
force, chain, chain-smoke,
charge, charging, chaw, check, checkrein, chew, chewing, chock, claudicate, clog, clout, clump, coax, coefficient of friction,
confine, countercheck, crashing
bore, crawl, creep, cumber, cumbrance, curb, curb bit, dab, daggle, dally, damper, dangle, dawdle, deadweight, deceleration, delay, depend, detain, detention, devilment, difficulty, dillydally, distract, dogging, dogtrot, doorstop, downer, drabble, draft, drag along, drag on, drag
out, drag sail, draggle,
drain, drape, draw, draw towards, drench, dress, drift anchor, drift sail,
drip, drogue, droop, dryasdust, dub, dusty, ease-off, ease-up, encumbrance, equalize, even, exasperation, fall, fall behind, falter, favor, fetter, flag, flagging, flap, flat tire, flatten, flop, flounce, flow, fluid friction, foot, footslog, force of friction,
force of viscosity, freight, friction head, friction
loss, frictional resistance, frightful bore, gait, gallop, get behind, go dead slow,
go on, go slow, goof off, grade, gravitation, gravity, grease, habitual smoking,
hale, halt, handicap, hang, hang back, hang down,
harassment, harrow, harrying, haul, have an attraction, headache, heave, highway, hinder, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hold back, hold up,
holdback, holdup, hop, hounding, humdrum, idle, impede, in, inch, inch along, incubus, incumbency, induce, influence, inhale, inhale snuff, inside
track, interest,
internal friction, jog,
jog-trot, jolt, jump, keep back, lading, lag, lag behind, lallygag, lay, laze, letdown, letup, level, limp, linger, linger behind, linger on,
load, loading, lock step, loiter, lollygag, lop, lubricate, lug, lumber, lunge, lurch, lure, magnet, magnetism, magnetize, make late, martingale, millstone, mince, mincing steps, minus
acceleration, molestation, mosey, mow, mutual attraction, nicotine
addiction, nicotinism, nod, nuisance, obstruct, obstruction, oil, oppression, overload, overtaxing, overweighting, pace, paddle, path, peg, pelham, pend, persecution, persuade, pest, piaffe, piaffer, pill, plane, planish, plaster, plod, poke, poke along, potter, prance, pressure, problem, procrastinate, proser, puff, pull, pull towards, pulling power,
put off, rack, remora, resistance, retard, retardation, retardment, road, roll, rolling friction, saddling, sag, sashay, saunter, scotch, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, sea anchor, setback, shackle, shamble, shave, shilly-shally, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, single-foot, skin friction,
skip, slack-up, slacken, slackening, sliding friction,
slink, slip friction,
slither, slog, slouch, slow down, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, smoke, smoking, smoking habit, smooth, smooth down, smooth out,
snaffle, snake, special favor, spoke, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stall, stamp, starting friction, static
friction, stay, step, stomp, stop, straddle, straggle, strain, street, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, suction, superincumbency,
surcharge, swag, swagger, swill, swing, sympathy, tabacism, tabacosis, tabagism, take in tow, take
snuff, tarry, taxing, thoroughfare, tittup, tobaccoism, toddle, toddle along, totter, totter along, tow, track, traction, trail, trail behind, train, traipse, trammel, trawl, tread, trial, trip, troll, trot, trouble, trudge, tug, twaddler, velocity, vexation, vexatiousness, waddle, walk, wamble, waste time, way, wear on, weep, wet blanket, wheedle, wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along, worriment, worry