dragverb
uk/dræɡ/us/dræɡ/-gg-drag verb (PULL)
B2 [ T ] to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground:
C2 [ T + adv/prep ] to make someone go somewhere they do not want to go:
B1 [ T ] to move something on a computer screen using a mouse
[ T ] If you drag a subject into a conversation, etc., you begin to talk about it even if it is not connected with what you are talking about:
[ T ] to pull nets or hooks (= curved wires) along the bottom of a river or lake in order to find something:
B1 If you drag and drop something on a computer screen, you move it from one area to another using the mouse.
More examples
- Thousands of turtles drag themselves onto the beach and lay their eggs in the sand.
- The dog managed to drag the box into the room by itself.
- She dragged the canoe down to the water.
- The youths were dragged from their car and searched for weapons.
- She dragged her bulging suitcase up the stairs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pulling
- draft
- draught
- draw sth up
- haul
- heave
- heave-ho
- heft
- hitch
- hitch sth up
- pluck
- pluck at sth
- reel
- reel sth in/out
- retract
- suck
- tow
- tow-away
- traction
- tweak
- yank
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drag verb (BORING)
C2 [ I ] If something such as a film or performance drags, it seems to go slowly because it is boring:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the world idiom
- Anno Domini
- course
- elapse
- employ
- fall
- fall away
- misspend
- pass
- passage
- passing
- run
- slip away
- spread sth over sth
- the sands of time are running out idiom
- tick
- tick away/by
- time and tide wait for no man idiom
- while
- while sth away
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Idiom(s)
Phrasal verb(s)
dragnoun
uk/dræɡ/us/dræɡ/drag noun (BORING THING)
[ S ] informal something that is not convenient and is boring or unpleasant:
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Inconvenience
- a pain (in the neck) idiom
- a pain in the arse/backside idiom
- aggravation
- aggro
- awkward
- bore
- disturbance
- fag
- fuss
- hassle
- have fun and games idiom
- imposition
- inconvenience
- pisser
- put sb out
- put yourself out
- rigmarole
- snag
- storm
- tempest
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drag noun (PULL)
[ S or U ] specialized physics, engineering the force that acts against the forward movement of something that is passing through a gas or a liquid:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pulling
- draft
- draught
- draw sth up
- haul
- heave
- heave-ho
- heft
- hitch
- hitch sth up
- pluck
- pluck at sth
- reel
- reel sth in/out
- retract
- suck
- tow
- tow-away
- traction
- tweak
- yank
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drag noun (SUCK)
[ C ] slang the action of taking in air through a cigarette:
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Tobacco & smoking
- baccy
- butt
- cheroot
- cig
- cigarette butt
- cigarette paper
- e-cigarette
- light (sth) up
- nicotine
- nicotine patch
- non-smoker
- pipe
- roll-your-own
- second-hand smoke
- smoke
- smoker
- smoking
- stub
- tar
- tobacconist
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drag noun (CLOTHES)
[ U ] informal the activity of dressing in clothes of the opposite sex, especially of a man dressing in women's clothes, often for humorous entertainment: