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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Drag \Drag\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same word as E. draw. ? See {Draw}.]
1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. --Denham.
The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. --Tennyson.
A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope.
2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. --Tennyson.
3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden.
{To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship.
Syn: See {Draw}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
drag
noun
1: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid [syn: {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"
3: something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a 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"
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" [syn: {puff}, {pull}]
6: the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
verb
1: pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: {haul}, {hale}, {cart}]
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" [syn: {embroil}, {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep up}, {drag in}]
4: move slowly and as if with great effort
5: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" [syn: {trail}, {get behind}, {hang back}, {drop behind}]
6: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" [syn: {puff}, {draw}]
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"
8: walk without lifting the feet [syn: {scuff}]
9: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost [syn: {dredge}]
10: persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
11: proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" [syn: {drag on}, {drag out}] [also: {dragging}, {dragged}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dragged See {drag}
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