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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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