Drag

verb

dræɡ

Noun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
“he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly”
Similar:Puff Pull
Type of:IntakeInhalationAspiration
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
“he went to the party dressed in drag”
“the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag”
Type of:VestureClothingHabiliment
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:HandicapDeterrentImpediment
something tedious and boring
“peeling potatoes is a drag”
Type of:TediumTediousnessTiresomeness
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
“the drag up the hill exhausted him”
Type of:PullingPull
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Type of:Resistance

proceed for an extended period of time
“The speech dragged on for two hours”
Type of:ProceedGo
to lag or linger behind
“But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
Similar:Trail
Type of:DawdleLag
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
“don't drag me into this business”
Similar:EmbroilSweepTangle
Type of:Involve
pull, as against a resistance
“He dragged the big suitcase behind him”
“These worries were dragging at him”
Type of:Draw Pull
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
“He dragged me away from the television set”
Type of:Persuade
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:MoveDisplace
suck in or take (air)
Similar:Draw Puff
Type of:InhaleInspire
draw slowly or heavily
Similar:Cart Hale Haul
Type of:Draw Pull
walk without lifting the feet
Similar:Scuff
Type of:ShuffleShambleScuffle
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Similar:Dredge
Type of:SeekSearch
move slowly and as if with great effort
Type of:MoveTravelGo