Definition of Drag
Noun
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the act of dragging (pulling with force)
"the drag up the hill exhausted him"
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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"
puff pull -
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"
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something tedious and boring
"peeling potatoes is a drag"
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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"
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the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- retarding force
Verb
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proceed for an extended period of time
"The speech dragged on for two hours"
- drag on - drag out -
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
"He dragged me away from the television set"
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search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
dredge -
walk without lifting the feet
scuff -
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"
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suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
puff draw -
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
trail - get behind - hang back - drop behind - drop back -
move slowly and as if with great effort
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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"
embroil tangle sweep - sweep up - drag in -
draw slowly or heavily
"haul stones"
"haul nets"
haul hale cart -
pull, as against a resistance
"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
"These worries were dragging at him"
Word games points for the Drag
- Scrabble® score of the drag (6)
- Word Chums® score of the drag (7)
- Words With Friends® score of the drag (7)
Unscramble drag
13 unscramble word found using the letters drag.
ad, ag, ar, ard, da, dag, darg, drag, gad, gar, grad, rad, rag,