drag

drag [drag]

vt.

dragged, dragging [ME draggen < ON draga (or OE dragan): see DRAW]

1. to pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul

2.

a) to move (oneself) with effort

b) to force into some situation, action, etc.

3. to pull a grapnel, net, etc. over the bottom of (a river, lake, etc.) in searching for something; dredge

4. to draw a harrow over (land)

5. to draw (something) out over a period of time; protract tediously or painfully

6. to bring (a subject) into conversation, a piece of writing, etc. unnecessarily or as if by force

☆ 7. Baseball to hit (a ball) in executing a drag bunt

vi.

1. to be dragged; be pulled along the ground or other surface; trail

2. to lag behind

3. to be prolonged tediously; move or pass too slowly

4. to search a body of water with a grapnel, net, etc.

5. Slang to draw deeply ( on a cigarette, pipe, etc.)

6. Slang to participate in or as if in a drag race

n.

1. something dragged or pulled along the ground; specif.,

a) a harrow used for breaking ground

b) a heavy sledge, or sled

c) a type of private stagecoach of the 19th cent., with seats inside and on top, drawn by four horses

2. a device used to catch and haul up something under water; grapnel, dragnet, etc.

3. a thing that checks motion, as a brake on the wheel of a carriage

4. anything that hinders or obstructs [a drag on his resources]

5. the amount by which anything drags

6. the act of dragging; slow, cumbersome movement

☆ 7. Slang influence that gains special or undeserved favors; pull

☆ 8. Slang

a) a deep puff of a cigarette, pipe, etc.

b) a swallow of liquid

☆ 9. Slang a dance

10. Slang street; road [the main drag ]

☆ 11. Slang DRAG RACE

☆ 12. Slang a dull or boring person, situation, etc.

13. Slang

a) clothing of the opposite sex, esp. as worn by a male homosexual

b) clothing, esp. clothing typical of a certain country, period, occupation, etc.

14. Aeron. Engineering a resisting force exerted on an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc. parallel to its airstream and opposite in direction to its motion

15. Hunting

a) a trail of scent left by an animal

b) something dragged over the ground to leave a trail of scent

c) a hunt over such a trail: in full drag hunt

SYN.- PULL

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drag on or drag out

to prolong or be prolonged tediously

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☆ drag one's feet or drag one's heels

Slang to act with deliberate slowness or obvious reluctance; be uncooperative