drag

verb (drags, dragging, dragged)

1》 pull along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.

    ↘take (someone) somewhere, despite their reluctance.

    ↘move (an image) across a computer screen using a mouse.

2》 trail along the ground.

    ↘search the bottom of (a body of water) with grapnels or nets.

3》 (drag something up) informal deliberately mention something unwelcome.

4》 (of time) pass slowly and tediously.

    ↘(drag something out) protract something unnecessarily.

5》 (drag on) informal inhale the smoke from (a cigarette).

6》 (drag someone up) Brit. dated bring up a child badly.

noun

1》 the action of dragging.

2》 the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a moving object.

3》 informal a boring or tiresome person or thing.

4》 informal an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette.

5》 women's clothing worn by a man: men in drag.

6》 a drag race.

7》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. a street or road: the main drag.

8》 historical a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.

9》 an apparatus for dredging or for recovering objects from the bottom of water.

10》 historical a harrow used for breaking up the surface of land.

11》 archaic an iron shoe applied as a brake to a wheel.

12》 N. Amer. informal influence over other people.

13》 a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox.

14》 Music (in drumming) a basic pattern consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes played with the other stick.

Phrases

drag one's feet

1》 walk wearily or with difficulty.

2》 (also drag one's heels) be deliberately slow to act.

Origin

ME: from OE dragan or ON draga 'to draw'.