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drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
proceed for an extended period of time
Type Words
Synonyms drag on, drag out
Type of proceed, go


The speech dragged on for two hours.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
to lag or linger behind
Type Words
Synonyms drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail
Type of fall back, fall behind, dawdle, lag


But in so many other areas we still are dragging.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
suck in or take (air)
Type Words
Synonyms draw, puff
Type of breathe in, inhale, inspire

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Type Words
Synonyms drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle
Type of involve


don't drag me into this business.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
draw slowly or heavily
Type Words
Synonyms cart, hale, haul
Type of draw, pull
Has types bouse, underrun, bowse
Derivation dragger

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
walk without lifting the feet
Type Words
Synonyms scuff
Type of shuffle, shamble, scuffle

drag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drag
noun
/dræɡ/
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
Type Words
Synonyms puff, pull
Type of intake, inhalation, breathing in, aspiration, inspiration
Has types toke


he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Type Words
Synonyms dredge
Type of seek, search, look for

drag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drag
noun
/dræɡ/
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Type Words
Synonyms retarding force
Type of resistance
Has types sonic barrier, sound barrier, windage

drag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drag
noun
/dræɡ/
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
Type Words
Type of vesture, clothing, article of clothing, habiliment, wearable, wear


he went to the party dressed in drag.
the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
move slowly and as if with great effort
Type Words
Type of move, travel, go, locomote

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
Type Words
Type of persuade


He dragged me away from the television set.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
pull, as against a resistance
Type Words
Type of draw, pull
Has types pull along, train, trail, shlep, schlep
Derivation dragger


He dragged the big suitcase behind him.
These worries were dragging at him.

drag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drag
noun
/dræɡ/
something tedious and boring
Type Words
Type of tedium, tediousness, tiresomeness


peeling potatoes is a drag.

drag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drag
noun
/dræɡ/
something that slows or delays progress
Type Words
Type of handicap, deterrent, impediment, baulk, check, hindrance, balk, hinderance


taxation is a drag on the economy.
too many laws are a drag on the use of new land.

drag::noun | Spocien Dictionary

drag
noun
/dræɡ/
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
Type Words
Type of pulling, pull


the drag up the hill exhausted him.

drag::verb | Spocien Dictionary

drag
verb
/dræɡ/
use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
Type Words
Type of move, displace


drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen.
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