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Found 6 hits - Term: drag, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drag \drag\, n. see 3d dredge.
   a confection; a comfit; a drug. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster
see also:
dredge 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drag \drag\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dragged; p. pr.  vb. n.
   dragging. oe. draggen; akin to sw. dragga to search with
   a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same
   word as e. draw. ? see draw.
   1. to draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground
      by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing
      heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with
      labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag
      stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
      1913 webster

            dragged by the cords which through his feet were
            thrust.                               --denham.
      1913 webster

            the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
            thee down.                            --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            a needless alexandrine ends the song
            that, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
            along.                                --pope.
      1913 webster

   2. to break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to
      harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or
      other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
      1913 webster

            then while i dragged my brains for such a song.
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   3. to draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
      pain or with difficulty.
      1913 webster

            have dragged a lingering life.        -- dryden.
      1913 webster

   to drag an anchor naut., to trail it along the bottom
      when the anchor will not hold the ship.

   syn: see draw.
        1913 webster
see also:
dragged dragging draw to drag an anchor 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drag \drag\, v. i.
   1. to be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to
      trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the
      bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
      1913 webster

   2. to move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance
      with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
      1913 webster

            the day drags through, though storms keep out the
            sun.                                  --byron.
      1913 webster

            long, open panegyric drags at best.   -- gay.
      1913 webster

   3. to serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
      1913 webster

            a propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the
            vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can
            propel her.                           --russell.
      1913 webster

   4. to fish with a dragnet.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drag \drag\, n. see drag, v. t., and cf. dray a cart, and
   1st dredge.
   1. the act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
      1913 webster

   2. a net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under
      water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. a kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind
      of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
      1913 webster

   4. a heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
      collog. --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   5. a heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
      1913 webster

   6.
      a anything towed in the water to retard a ship's
          progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a
          canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. see drag
          sail below.
      b also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
          carriage wheel.
      c hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to
          progress or enjoyment.
          1913 webster

                my lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no
                drag.                             --j. d.
                                                  forbes.
          1913 webster

   7. motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if
      clogged. "had a drag in his walk." -- hazlitt.
      1913 webster

   8. founding the bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper
      part being the cope.
      1913 webster

   9. masonry a steel instrument for completing the dressing
      of soft stone.
      1913 webster

   10. marine engin. the difference between the speed of a
       screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the
       ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects
       of the different floats of a paddle wheel. see citation
       under drag, v. i., 3.
       1913 webster

   drag sail naut., a sail or canvas rigged on a stout
      frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in
      order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;
      -- called also drift sail, drag sheet, drag anchor,
      sea anchor, floating anchor, etc.

   drag twist mining, a spiral hook at the end of a rod for
      cleaning drilled holes.
      1913 webster
see also:
drag dray dredge drag sail drag sail drift sail 
drag sheet drag anchor sea anchor floating anchor drag twist 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
drag
     n 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"
     v 1: pull, as against a resistance; "he dragged the big suitcase
          behind him"; "these worries were dragging at him"
     2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" syn: haul,
         hale, cart
     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
     6: suck in or take air; "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
        cigarette" syn: puff, draw
     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
see also:
retarding force puff pull haul hale cart 
embroil tangle sweep sweep up drag in 
trail get behind hang back drop behind draw 
scuff dredge drag on drag out dragging 
dragged 
[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
403 moby thesaurus words for "drag":
   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





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