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drag

noun
  1. the act of dragging (pulling with force)
    “the drag up the hill exhausted him”
  2. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
    pull
  3. clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex: especially women's clothing when worn by a man
    “I went to the party dressed in drag.”
  4. something tedious and boring
    “peeling potatoes is a drag”
  5. something that slows or delays progress
    “taxation is a drag on the economy”
  6. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
    retarding force
verb
  1. proceed for an extended period of time
    “The speech dragged on for two hours”
    drag on
  2. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
    “They dragged me away from the television set.”
  3. suck in or take (air)
    drawpuff
  4. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
    dredge
  5. pull, as against a resistance
    “They dragged the big suitcase behind them.”
  6. draw slowly or heavily
    haul
  7. walk without lifting the feet
    scuff
  8. to lag or linger behind
    “But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
    trail
  9. move slowly and as if with great effort
  10. 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”
  11. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
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