dragon /dragˈən/

1. A fabulous winged scaly-armoured fire-breathing monster, often a guardian of treasure, ravaging a country when its hoard is rifled
2. A fierce, intimidating or watchful woman
3. A paper kite
4. A dragon lizard
5. Applied to various plants, esp Dracunculus (green dragon), and Dracontium
6. (with cap) a northern constellation (Draco)
7. (also with cap) a racing yacht of the International Dragon class, 8.88m (29.2 feet) long

dragˈoness noun

A she-dragon

dragˈonet noun

1. A little dragon
2. A brightly coloured fish of the genus Callionymus

dragˈonish adjective

dragˈonism noun

Unremitting watchfulness

dragˈonize or dragˈonise transitive verb

1. To turn into a dragon
2. To watch like a dragon

dragˈonlike adjective

dragonné /drag-o-nāˈ/ adjective (heraldry)

Like a dragon in the rear part

dragon arum noun

1. A European aroid plant (genus Dracunculus)
2. Dragonroot (US)

dragon boat noun

A Chinese boat decorated to resemble a dragon and used in traditional races

dragˈon-fish noun

1. A dragonet
2. A fish of the genus Pegasus

dragˈonfly noun

A predaceous long-bodied often brilliantly-coloured insect of the order Odonata

dragon fruit noun

Same as pitahaya

dragˈonhead or dragˈon's-head noun

A labiate garden plant (genus Dracocephalum; from the shape of the corolla)

dragon lizard noun

1. A small tree-dwelling East Indian lizard (genus Draco) with parachute of ribs and skin
2. A S American lizard (genus Thorictis)
3. A monitor, esp a species (Varanus komodoensis) found in Komodo (in Indonesia), reaching 3 metres (10 feet) in length

dragˈonroot noun (US)

An araceous plant (genus Arisaema) or its tuberous root, used in medicine

dragon's blood noun

A red resinous exudation from the dragon tree and many other trees, used for colouring varnishes, etc

dragˈon-standˈard noun

A standard in, or bearing, the form of a dragon

dragon's teeth plural noun

Concrete anti-tank obstacles

dragon tree noun

1. A great tree of the Canary Islands (Dracaena draco), remarkable for its resin (a variety of dragon's blood), its growth in thickness like a dicotyledon, and the great age it attains
2. Any of various other trees of the genus Dracaena

chase the dragon (slang)

To smoke heroin by heating it and inhaling the fumes

to sow dragon's teeth

To stir up trouble, cause contention

drag /drag/

1. To draw by force
2. To draw slowly
3. To move (an icon, file, etc) across the screen by using a mouse with its key kept depressed (computing)
4. To pull roughly and violently
5. To trail
6. To explore with a dragnet or hook
7. To apply a drag to

1. To hang so as to trail on the ground
2. To be forcibly drawn along
3. To move slowly and heavily
4. To lag
5. To give the feeling of being unduly slow or tedious

1. Anything dragged
2. An act of dragging
3. A dragging effect
4. The component of the aerodynamic force on a body travelling through a fluid (esp a vehicle travelling through air) that lies along the longitudinal axis
5. A net or hook for dragging along to catch things under water
6. A device on a reel that puts pressure on the line to prevent it breaking (angling)
7. A heavy harrow
8. A device for guiding wood to the saw
9. A car, lorry or wagon (slang)
10. A mail-coach
11. A long open carriage, with transverse or side seats
12. A brake, esp an iron shoe that drags on the ground
13. Any obstacle to progress
14. A tedious, dreary occupation or experience (informal)
15. Influence, pull (US sl)
16. A trail of scent left by an animal, or a trail of broken undergrowth caused by an animal dragging off its prey
17. An artificial scent dragged on the ground for foxhounds to follow
18. A short ‘draw’ on a cigarette (informal)
19. A retarded motion of the cue ball imparted by striking somewhat under the centre (snooker, etc)
20. (the wearing of) transvestite clothing, now usu women's clothing worn by a man, or a form of entertainment involving this (informal; also adjective)
21. A homosexuals' party (slang)

draggˈing noun

A technique in interior decoration, in which a brush is pulled through freshly-applied paint to give an irregular decorative effect

draggˈy adjective (informal)

Boring, tedious

dragˈster noun

A car for drag-racing

dragˈ-bar noun

A drawbar

dragˈ-chain noun

1. A chain used as drag to a wheel
2. A chain for coupling railway vehicles

dragˈhound noun

A foxhound trained to follow a drag

drag hunt noun

drag lift noun

A ski lift that pulls people wearing skis up a slope

dragˈline noun

An excavating machine, crane-like in appearance, moving on articulated tracks (or walking dragline, on ‘legs' having steel plates as ‘feet’), and drawing towards itself a bucket suspended from a long jib

dragˈ-man noun

A fisherman who uses a dragnet

dragˈnet noun

1. A net to be dragged along the bottom of water or the ground
2. A systematic police search for a wanted person

dragˈ-parachute noun

A small parachute attached to the rear of an aircraft, which opens on landing to assist deceleration

drag queen noun

A professional female impersonator

drag race noun

A motor car or motorcycle contest in acceleration, with standing start and over a quarter-mile course

dragˈ-racing noun

dragˈ-shot noun

A shot that imparts drag to a snooker or billiard ball

dragsˈman noun

The driver of a drag or coach

drag and drop (computing)

To move an icon, file, etc across the screen using a mouse and release it in a different place (dragˈ-and-dropˈ adjective)

drag by

To pass slowly

drag on

To continue slowly and tediously

drag one's feet or heels

To hang back deliberately in doing something (footˈ-dragging noun)

drag out

To prolong unnecessarily or tediously

drag out of

To get (information, etc) from (someone) with difficulty, sometimes by force

drag up (informal)

1. To mention or quote (a story, etc, esp defamatory) inappropriately or unnecessarily
2. To bring up (a child) badly
3. To wear transvestite clothing, usu of a man wearing women's clothing

main drag (informal, chiefly US)

The main street of a town

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