Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense drags, present participle dragging, past tense, past participle dragged
1. verb
If you drag something, you pull it along the ground, often with difficulty.
He got up and dragged his chair towards the table. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Synonyms: pull, draw, haul, trail More Synonyms of drag
2. verb
To drag a computer image means to use the mouse to move the position of the image on thescreen, or to change its size or shape.
[computing]
Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size. [VERB noun]
3. verb
If someone drags you somewhere, they pull you there, or force you to go there by physically threatening you.
The vigilantes dragged the men out of the vehicles. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
4. verb
If someone drags you somewhere you do not want to go, they make you go there.
When you can drag him away from his work, he can also be a devoted father. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
I've been dragged back from Australia for no sufficient reason. [VERB noun adverb/preposition]
5. verb
If you say that you dragyourself somewhere, you are emphasizing that you have to make a very great effort to go there.
[emphasis]
I find it really hard to drag myself out and exercise regularly. [V pron-refl adv/prep]
...if you manage to drag yourself away from the luxury of the hotel. [V pron-refl adv/prep]
6. verb
If you drag your foot or your leg behind you, you walk with great difficulty because your foot or leg is injured in some way.
He was barely able to drag his poisoned leg behind him. [VERB noun preposition]
He drags his leg, and he can hardly lift his arm. [VERB noun]
7. verb
If the police drag a river or lake, they pull nets or hooks across the bottom of it in order to look for something.
Yesterday police frogmen dragged a small pond on the Common. [VERB noun]
8. verb
If a period of time or an event drags, it is very boring and seems to last a long time.
The minutes dragged past. [VERB adverb]
The pacing was uneven, and the early second act dragged. [VERB]
Synonyms: go slowly, inch, creep, crawl More Synonyms of drag
9. singular noun
If something is a drag on the development or progress of something, it slows it down or makes it more difficult.
The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle.
Spending cuts will put a drag on growth.
10. singular noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive]
If you say that something is a drag, you mean that it is unpleasant or very dull.
[informal, disapproval]
As far as shopping for clothes goes, it's a drag.
A dry sandwich is a drag to eat.
11. countable noun
If you take a dragon a cigarette or pipe that you are smoking, you take in air through it.
[informal]
He took a drag on his cigarette, and exhaled the smoke.
12. uncountable noun [oft theNOUNof noun]
Drag is the resistance to the movement that is experienced by something that is movingthrough air or through a fluid.
[technical]
The drag of those extra air molecules brought the satellite crashing to Earth.
13. uncountable noun
Drag is the wearing of women's clothes by men or men's clothes by women, usually as partof an entertainment.
The star wore drag and false eyelashes.
The neighborhood is given over to performers, stilt walkers and drag queens.
See in drag
14.
See drag your feet
Phrasal verbs:
See drag down
See drag in
See drag into
See drag on
See drag out
See drag up
More Synonyms of drag
drag in British English
(dræɡ)
verbWord forms: drags, dragging or dragged
1.
to pull or be pulled with force, esp along the ground or other surface
2. (tr; often foll by away or from)
to persuade to come away (from something attractive or interesting)
he couldn't drag himself away from the shop
3.
to trail or cause to trail on the ground
4. (transitive)
to move (oneself, one's feet, etc) with effort or difficulty
she drags herself out of bed at dawn
5.
to linger behind
6. (often foll byon or out)
to prolong or be prolonged tediously or unnecessarily
his talk dragged on for hours
7. (transitive; foll byout)
to pass (time) in discomfort, poverty, unhappiness, etc
she dragged out her few remaining years
8. (whenintr, usually foll by for)
to search (the bed of a river, canal, etc) with a dragnet or hook
they dragged the river for the body
9. (tr foll by out or from)
to crush (clods) or level (a soil surface) by use of a drag
10.
(of hounds) to follow (a fox or its trail) to the place where it has been lying
11. (intransitive) slang
to draw (on a cigarette, pipe, etc)
12. computing
to move (data) from one place to another on the screen by manipulating a mouse with its button held down
13. drag anchor
14. drag one's feet
15. drag someone's name in the mud
noun
16.
the act of dragging or the state of being dragged
17.
an implement, such as a dragnet, dredge, etc, used for dragging
18. Also called: drag harrow
a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted, used to crush clods, level soil, or prepare seedbeds
19.
a sporting coach with seats inside and out, usually drawn by four horses
20.
a braking or retarding device, such as a metal piece fitted to the underside of the wheel of a horse-drawn vehicle
21.
a person or thing that slows up progress
22.
slow progress or movement
23. aeronautics
the resistance to the motion of a body passing through a fluid, esp through air: applied to an aircraft in flight, it is the component of the resultant aerodynamic force measured parallel to the direction of air flow
24.
the trail of scent left by a fox or other animal hunted with hounds
25.
an artificial trail of a strong-smelling substance, sometimes including aniseed, drawn over the ground for hounds to follow
26. drag hunt
27. angling
unnatural movement imparted to a fly, esp a dry fly, by tension on the angler's line
28. informal
a person or thing that is very tedious; bore
exams are a drag
29. slang
a car
30. short for drag race
31. slang
a.
the clothes traditionally associated with the opposite sex (esp in the phrase in drag)
b.
(as modifier)
a drag club
drag show
c.
clothes collectively
32. informal
a draw on a cigarette, pipe, etc
33. US slang
influence or persuasive power
34. mainly US slang
a street or road
Word origin
Old English dragan to draw; related to Swedish dragga
drag in American English
(dræɡ) (verbdragged, dragging)
transitive verb
1.
to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail
They dragged the carpet out of the house
2.
to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like
They dragged the lake for the body of the missing man
3.
to level and smooth (land) with a drag or harrow
4.
to introduce; inject; insert
He drags his honorary degree into every discussion
5. (often fol. by out or on)
to protract (something) or pass (time) tediously or painfully
They dragged the discussion out for three hours
6.
to pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen,esp. by using a mouse
intransitive verb
7.
to be drawn or hauled along
8.
to trail on the ground
9.
to move heavily or with effort
10.
to proceed or pass with tedious slowness
The parade dragged by endlessly
11. (often fol. by around)
to feel listless or apathetic; move listlessly or apathetically
This heat wave has everyone dragging around
12.
to lag behind
13.
to use a drag or grapnel; dredge
14.
to take part in a drag race
15.
to take a puff
to drag on a cigarette
16. See drag one's feet
noun
17. Nautical
a.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel
b.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water
c.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed
d.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor
e.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects
18. Agriculture
a heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it
19. slang
someone or something tedious; a bore
It's a drag having to read this old novel
20.
a stout sledge or sled
21. Aeronautics
the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion
22.
a four-horse sporting and passenger coach with seats inside and on top
23.
a metal shoe to receive a wheel of heavy wagons and serve as a brake on steep grades
24.
something that retards progress
25.
an act of dragging
26.
slow, laborious movement or procedure; retardation
27.
a puff or inhalation on a cigarette, pipe, etc
28. Hunting
a.
the scent left by a fox or other animal
b.
something, as aniseed, dragged over the ground to leave an artificial scent
c. Also called: drag hunt
a hunt, esp. a fox hunt, in which the hounds follow an artificial scent
29. Angling
a.
a brake on a fishing reel
b.
the sideways pull on a fishline, as caused by a crosscurrent
30.
clothing characteristically associated with one sex when worn by a person of the oppositesex
a Mardi Gras ball at which many of the dancers were in drag
31.
clothing characteristic of a particular occupation or milieu
Two guests showed up in gangster drag
32. Also called: comb(Masonry)
a steel plate with a serrated edge for dressing a stone surface
33. Metallurgy
the lower part of a flask
Compare 2"> cope2 (sense 5)
34. slang
influence
He claims he has drag with his senator
35. slang
a girl or woman that one is escorting; date
36. informal
a street or thoroughfare, esp. a main street of a town or city
37. See drag race
38. New England
a sledge, as for carrying stones from a field
adjective
39.
marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated withthe opposite sex; transvestite
Word origin
[1350–1400; 1920–25 for def. 19; ME; both n. and v. prob. ‹ MLG dragge grapnel, draggen to dredge, deriv. of drag-draw; defs. 30-31, 39, obscurely related to other senses and perh. a distinct word ofindependent orig.]
drag in Automotive Engineering
(dræg)
noun
(Automotive engineering: Design and performance)
Drag is used to describe the forces in the air that push against the movement of a vehicle.
With less drag, a car can accelerate faster, especially at higher speeds, because it needs lesshorsepower to move.
If your brakes aren't properly adjusted, they can create drag on your car and waste lots of gasoline.
Better aerodynamics can reduce drag by 40 to 50 percent.
drag in Chemical Engineering
(dræg)
noun
(Chemical Engineering: General)
Drag is the force which a fluid exerts on an object because of their relative movement.
To be properly separated, a greater acceleration force needs to be imparted to theparticles to overcome the counter effect of increased drag.
Drag is caused by the velocity difference between the gas and solid phases.
Drag is the force which a fluid exerts on an object because of their relative movement.
drag coefficient
drag in Mechanical Engineering
(dræg)
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Fluid engineering)
Drag is the force that a fluid exerts on an object caused by a difference in velocity between the fluid and the object.
Drag is the force that pushes against an airplane and slows it down.
Drag is caused by the velocity difference between the gas and solid phases.
Drag is the force that a fluid exerts on an object caused by a difference in velocitybetween the fluid and the object.
More idioms containing
drag
drag your feet
Examples of 'drag' in a sentence
drag
But he pulled her hand back down and dragged her away.
The Sun (2016)
She was dragged along the road before he realised.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Investment in all three is essential if the productivity gap dragging on British growth is to be bridged.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They caught him and dragged him back to her.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
People get dragged into something and justify and justify and justify.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Plus there would certainly be no fear of him being dragged too far forward.
The Sun (2013)
Two things have dragged academia and politicians together.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
People like him are in danger of dragging us back into the dark ages.
The Sun (2014)
Those with T-shirts or posters were dragged out and put onto trucks and driven off.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I dropped down to free myself, but the umbilical pulled and dragged me into the structure.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
drag
British English: drag /dræɡ/ VERB
If you drag something or someone somewhere, you pull them there with difficulty.
He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
American English: drag
Arabic: يَجُرُّ
Brazilian Portuguese: arrastar
Chinese: 拖
Croatian: vući
Czech: táhnout
Danish: trække
Dutch: slepen
European Spanish: arrastrar
Finnish: raahata
French: traîner
German: schleppen
Greek: σέρνω
Italian: trascinare
Japanese: 引っ張る
Korean: (...을) 끌다 그리기
Norwegian: trekke
Polish: pociągnąć
European Portuguese: arrastar
Romanian: a târî
Russian: тащить
Latin American Spanish: arrastrar
Swedish: dra släpa
Thai: ลาก
Turkish: sürüklemek
Ukrainian: тягти
Vietnamese: kéo lê
British English: drag NOUN
If something is a drag on the development or progress of something, it slows it down or makes it more difficult.
The satellite acts as a drag on the shuttle.
American English: drag
Brazilian Portuguese: chatice
Chinese: 阻碍
European Spanish: resistencia aerodinámica
French: frein
German: Widerstand
Italian: ostacolo
Japanese: 妨げ
Korean: 장애물
European Portuguese: arrastamento
Latin American Spanish: resistencia aerodinámica
All related terms of 'drag'
drag in
When you are talking, if you drag in a subject, you mention something that is not relevant and that other people do not want to discuss .
drag on
You say that an event or process drags on when you disapprove of the fact that it lasts for longer than necessary .
drag up
If someone drags up an unpleasant event or an old story from the past , they mention it when people do not want to be reminded of it.
in drag
If someone is in drag , they are wearing clothes usually worn by people of the opposite sex , especially as part of an entertainment .
drag bunt
a bunt made for a base hit without fully facing the pitcher , but while moving toward first base
drag down
To drag someone down means to reduce them to an inferior social status or to lower standards of behaviour .
drag hunt
a hunt in which hounds follow an artificial trail of scent
drag into
To drag something or someone into an event or situation means to involve them in it when it is not necessary or not desirable .
drag king
a woman who dresses as a man and impersonates male characteristics for public entertainment
drag lift
a lift which drags skiers up to the top of the slope
drag link
a link for conveying motion between cranks on parallel shafts that are slightly offset . It is used in cars to connect the steering gear to the steering arm
drag out
If you drag something out , you make it last for longer than is necessary .
drag race
a type of motor race in which specially built or modified cars or motorcycles are timed over a measured course
drag sail
any device, such as a bucket or canvas funnel , dragged in the water to keep a vessel heading into the wind or reduce drifting
drag shoe
a type of braking device on a vehicle
drag show
a performance by drag artists
form drag
the drag on a body moving through a fluid as a result of the shape of the body. It can be reduced by streamlining
main drag
The main drag in a town or city is its main street.
drag anchor
(of a vessel) to move away from its mooring because the anchor has failed to hold
drag artist
an entertainer who wears drag
drag harrow
a type of harrow consisting of heavy beams, often with spikes inserted , used to crush clods , level soil, or prepare seedbeds
drag queen
a man who dresses as a woman and impersonates female characteristics for public entertainment
drag strip
a straight , paved area or course where drag races are held, as a section of road or airplane runway
fiscal drag
the process by which, during inflation , rising incomes draw people into higher tax brackets , so that their real incomes may fall; this acts as a restraint on the expansion of the economy
vortex drag
drag arising from vortices that occur behind a body moving through a gas or liquid
induced drag
drag arising from vortices that occur behind a body moving through a gas or liquid
parasite drag
the part of the drag on an aircraft that is contributed by nonlifting surfaces, such as fuselage , nacelles , etc
pressure drag
the part of the total drag of a body moving through a gas or liquid caused by the components of the pressures at right angles to the surface of the body
profile drag
the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
drag out of
to obtain or extract (a confession , statement , etc), esp by force
drag and drop
the process of moving data from one place to another on the screen by manipulating a mouse with its button held down
drag coefficient
a measure of the drag of an object in a moving fluid , esp air
drag your feet to drag your heels
If you drag your feet or drag your heels , you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
drag one's feet
to act with deliberate slowness
surface friction drag
the part of the drag on a body moving through a fluid that is dependent on the nature of the surface of the body
trailing vortex drag
drag arising from vortices that occur behind a body moving through a gas or liquid
knock-down, drag-out
characterized by great violence , harshness, animosity , etc.
to drag your feet to drag your heels
If you drag your feet or drag your heels , you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
a knock-down drag-out fight
a very emotional , angry , or even violent argument or fight
drag someone's name in the mud
to disgrace or defame someone
haul/drag sb over the coals
If a person in authority hauls or drags someone over the coals , they speak to them severely about something foolish or wrong that they have done.
haul over the coals
to criticize sharply; censure ; scold
Chinese translation of 'drag'
drag
(dræɡ)
vt
(= pull)[large object, body]拖 (tuō)
(= force)
to drag sb out of a car/upstairs把某人从(從)车(車)里(裡)拖出来(來)/拖到楼(樓)上 (bǎ mǒurén cóng chē li tuō chūlái/tuō dào lóushàng)
(fig)
it's impossible to drag him out of bed/out of the house让(讓)他下床/离(離)开(開)房子是不可能的 (ràng tā xiàchuáng/líkāi fángzi shì bù kěnéng de)
(= search)[river, lake]打捞(撈) (dǎlāo)
vi
[time, film]拖沓 (tuōtà)
n
(inf)
a drag累(纍)赘(贅) (léizhuì)
(= women's clothing)
in drag男人穿着(著)女子服装(裝) (nánrén chuānzhe nǚzǐ fúzhuāng)
(u) (Naut, Aviat) 阻力 (zǔlì)
to drag your feet or heels故意拖沓 (gùyì tuōtà)
to drag sth out of sb逼某人交待某事 (bī mǒurén jiāodài mǒushì)
All related terms of 'drag'
a drag
累(纍)赘(贅) léizhuì
drag on
( meeting, concert, war ) 拖延 tuōyán
in drag
男人穿着(著)女子服装(裝) nánrén chuānzhe nǚzǐ fúzhuāng
drag out
( prolong ) 拖长(長) tuōcháng
drag away
to drag sth out of sb
逼某人交待某事 bī mǒurén jiāodài mǒushì
to drag your feet or heels
故意拖沓 gùyì tuōtà
to drag sb out of a car/upstairs
把某人从(從)车(車)里(裡)拖出来(來)/拖到楼(樓)上 bǎ mǒurén cóng chē li tuō chūlái/tuō dào lóushàng
it's impossible to drag him out of bed/out of the house
让(讓)他下床/离(離)开(開)房子是不可能的 ràng tā xiàchuáng/líkāi fángzi shì bù kěnéng de
to drag sb away (from sth)
迫使某人离(離)开(開)(某物) pòshǐ mǒurén líkāi (mǒuwù)
to drag o.s. away (from sth)
迫使自己离(離)开(開)(某物) pòshǐ zìjǐ líkāi (mǒuwù)
1 (verb)
Definition
to pull with force along the ground
He got up and dragged his chair towards the table.
Synonyms
pull
I helped pull him out of the water.
draw
He drew his chair nearer the fire.
haul
A crane hauled the car out of the stream.
trail
She came down the stairs, trailing the coat behind her.
tow
He was using the vehicle to tow his trailer.
tug
She tugged him along by his arm.
jerk
yank
She yanked the child back into the house.
hale
lug
Nobody wants to lug around huge heavy suitcases.
2 (verb)
Definition
to linger behind
I was dragging behind
Synonyms
lag
The boys crept forward, Roger lagging a little.
trail
I spent a long afternoon trailing behind him.
linger
Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until midnight.
loiter
unemployed young men loitering at the entrance to the factory.
straggle
They came straggling up the cliff road.
dawdle
They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts.
hang back
tarry
Two old boys tarried on the street corner discussing cattle.
draggle
3 (verb)
The minutes dragged past.
Synonyms
go slowly
inch
creep
The rabbit crept off and hid in a hole.
crawl
I began to crawl on my hands and knees towards the door.
advance slowly
(noun)
Definition
a tedious or boring thing
(informal)
Shopping for clothes is a drag.
Synonyms
nuisance
He can be a bit of a nuisance when he's drunk.
It's a real nuisance having to pick up the kids from school every day.
pain (informal)
bore
He's a bore and a fool.
bother
Most men hate the bother of shaving.
pest
My neighbour's a real pest.
hassle (informal)
I don't think it's worth the money or the hassle.
inconvenience
We apologize for any inconvenience caused during the repairs.
annoyance
Snoring can be more than an annoyance.
pain in the neck
She can be a pain in the neck when she's in this sort of mood.