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- [1] : 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
- [2] : 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
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dragged
see drag
see also:
drag
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