Drag Meaning
There are 17 meaning(s) for word Drag
Meaning 1 : proceed for an extended period of time
Example : The speech dragged on for two hours
Synonyms : drag on, drag out
Example : The speech dragged on for two hours
Synonyms : drag on, drag out
Meaning 2 : to lag or linger behind
Example : But in so many other areas we still are dragging
Synonyms : drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail
Example : But in so many other areas we still are dragging
Synonyms : drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail
Meaning 4 : force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Example : don't drag me into this business
Synonyms : drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle
Example : don't drag me into this business
Synonyms : drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle
Meaning 7 : a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
Example : he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
Synonyms : puff, pull
Example : he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
Synonyms : puff, pull
Meaning 8 : search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Synonyms : dredge
Synonyms : dredge
Meaning 9 : the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Synonyms : retarding force
Synonyms : retarding force
Meaning 10 : clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
Example : he went to the party dressed in drag,the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag
Example : he went to the party dressed in drag,the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag
Meaning 11 : move slowly and as if with great effort
Meaning 12 : persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
Example : He dragged me away from the television set
Example : He dragged me away from the television set
Meaning 13 : pull, as against a resistance
Example : He dragged the big suitcase behind him,These worries were dragging at him
Example : He dragged the big suitcase behind him,These worries were dragging at him
Meaning 14 : something tedious and boring
Example : peeling potatoes is a drag
Example : peeling potatoes is a drag
Meaning 15 : something that slows or delays progress
Example : taxation is a drag on the economy,too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
Example : taxation is a drag on the economy,too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
Meaning 16 : the act of dragging (pulling with force)
Example : the drag up the hill exhausted him
Example : the drag up the hill exhausted him
Meaning 17 : use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
Example : drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen
Example : drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen
How to Pronounce Drag
- dræɡ
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