drag

Meanings

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
• 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"
• something tedious and boring
  • "peeling potatoes is a drag"
• 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"
• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
  • "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
• the act of dragging (pulling with force)
  • "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
• pull, as against a resistance
  • "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
  • "These worries were dragging at him"
• draw slowly or heavily
• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
  • "don't drag me into this business"
• move slowly and as if with great effort
• to lag or linger behind
  • "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
• suck in or take (air)
• 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"
• walk without lifting the feet
• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
  • "He dragged me away from the television set"
• proceed for an extended period of time
  • "The speech dragged on for two hours"

Synonyms

cart, drag in, drag on, drag out, draw, dredge, drop back, drop behind, embroil, get behind, hale, hang back, haul, puff, pull, retarding force, scuff, sweep, sweep up, tangle, trail