drag - Definition | Dictionary definition of drag

Definition of drag

Verbs

pull, as against a resistance

"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"

"These worries were dragging at him"

Types:: pull along, schlep, shlep
pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance; tow
drag behind; trail, train
drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

Type of:: draw, force, pull
cause to move by pulling

draw slowly or heavily

Synonyms:: cart, hale, haul

Types:: bouse, bowse
haul with a tackle

Type of:: draw, force, pull
cause to move by pulling

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

"don't drag me into this business"

Synonyms:: drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle

Type of:: involve
engage as a participant

move slowly and as if with great effort

Type of:: go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

to lag or linger behind

"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

Synonyms:: drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail

Type of:: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

suck in or take (air)

Synonyms:: draw, puff

Type of:: breathe in, inhale, inspire
draw in (air)

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"

Type of:: displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

walk without lifting the feet

Synonyms:: scuff

Type of:: scuffle, shamble, shuffle
walk by dragging one's feet

search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Synonyms:: dredge

Type of:: look for, search, seek
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

"He dragged me away from the television set"

Type of:: persuade
cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

proceed for an extended period of time

"The speech dragged on for two hours"

Synonyms:: drag on, drag out

Type of:: go, proceed
follow a certain course

Nouns

the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Synonyms:: retarding force

Types:: sonic barrier, sound barrier
the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound; windage
the retarding force of air friction on a moving object

Type of:: resistance
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

something that slows or delays progress

"taxation is a drag on the economy"

"too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"

Type of:: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress