drag /dræg/
1. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
synset: drag, retarding_force
2. 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"
synset: drag
3. something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
synset: drag
4. 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"
synset: drag
5. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
6. the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
synset: drag
1. pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
synset: drag
2. draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
synset: haul, hale, cart, drag
3. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
synset: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep_up, drag, drag_in
4. move slowly and as if with great effort
synset: drag
5. to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
synset: drag, trail, get_behind, hang_back, drop_behind, drop_back
6. suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
7. 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"
synset: drag
8. walk without lifting the feet
9. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
10. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
synset: drag
11. proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
synset: drag, drag_on, drag_out
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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