| VERB | contact | drag | pull, as against a resistance |
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| contact | drag, haul, hale, cart | draw slowly or heavily | |
| stative | drag, embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action | |
| motion | drag | move slowly and as if with great effort | |
| motion | drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back | to lag or linger behind | |
| consumption | drag, puff, draw | suck in or take (air) | |
| motion | drag | use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu | |
| motion | drag, scuff | walk without lifting the feet | |
| contact | drag, dredge | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost | |
| communication | drag | persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting | |
| change | drag, drag on, drag out | proceed for an extended period of time | |
| NOUN | phenomenon | drag, retarding force | the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid |
| cognition | drag | something that slows or delays progress | |
| attribute | drag | something tedious and boring | |
| artifact | drag | clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) | |
| act | drag, puff, pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | |
| act | drag | the act of dragging (pulling with force) |
| Sounds | drae'g | |
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| Rhymes | Ag ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg... | |
| Meaning | The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. | |
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| Synonym | retarding force | |
| Narrower | sonic barrier, sound barrier | The increase / increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound |
| windage | The retarding force of air friction on a moving object | |
| Broader | resistance | Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion / motion |
| Meaning | Something that slows or delays progress. | |
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| Broader | hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
| Meaning | Something tedious and boring. | |
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| Example | "peeling potatoes is a drag" | |
| Broader | tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness | dullness owing to length or slowness |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | lata | |
| Meaning | clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man). | |
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| Broader | clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment | A covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
| Meaning | A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke). | |
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| Example | "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" | |
| Synonyms | puff, pull | |
| Part of | smoke, smoking | The act of smoking tobacco or other substances |
| Narrower | toke | A puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette |
| Broader | inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in | The act of inhaling |
| Spanish | arrastre, atracción, calada, chupada | |
| Catalan | calada, pipada | |
| Verbs | drag | suck in or take (air) |
| Meaning | The act of dragging (pulling with force). | |
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| Example | "the drag up the hill exhausted him" | |
| Broader | pull, pulling | The act of pulling |
| Spanish | arrastre | |
| Catalan | arrossegar | |
| Verbs | drag | pull, as against a resistance |
| drag | draw slowly or heavily | |
| Meaning | Pull, as against a resistance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
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| Narrower | shlep, schlep, pull along | pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance |
| trail, train | drag loosely along a surface | |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| See also | drag in | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action |
| Spanish | arrastrar, tirar | |
| Catalan | arrossegar, tirar | |
| Nouns | drag | the act of dragging (pulling with force) |
| dragger | someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | |
| Meaning | Draw slowly or heavily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | haul, hale, cart | |
| Narrower | bowse, bouse | haul with a tackle |
| underrun | Haul onto a boat | |
| Broader | pull, draw | Cause to move by pulling |
| Spanish | acarrear, arrastrar, carretear, tirar, transportar | |
| Catalan | arrossegar, carrejar, carretejar, estirar, tirar, traginar, transportar | |
| Nouns | drag | the act of dragging (pulling with force) |
| dragger | a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish | |
| dragger | someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | |
| Meaning | Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "don't drag me into this business" | |
| Synonyms | embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in | |
| Broader | involve | Engage as a participant |
| Spanish | implicar | |
| Catalan | embolicar, implicar | |
| Meaning | Move slowly and as if with great effort. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | arrastrar | |
| Meaning | To lag or linger behind. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" | |
| Synonyms | trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back | |
| Broader | lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. |
| Spanish | rezagarse | |
| Meaning | suck in or take (air). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | puff, draw | |
| Entails | smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes |
| Broader | inhale, inspire, breathe in | Draw in (air) |
| Spanish | dar caladas | |
| Nouns | drag | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) |
| Meaning | Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen" | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Meaning | walk without lifting the feet. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children drag to the playground | |
| Synonym | scuff | |
| Broader | shuffle, scuffle, shamble | walk by dragging one's feet |
| Spanish | arrastrar | |
| Meaning | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The men drag the area for animals; The men drag for animals in the area | |
| Synonym | dredge | |
| Broader | search, seek, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| Spanish | arrastrar, dragar, rastrear | |
| Catalan | dragar, rastrejar | |
| Meaning | persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "He dragged me away from the television set" | |
| Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
| Spanish | arrancar | |
| Meaning | proceed for an extended period of time. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The speech dragged on for two hours" | |
| Synonyms | drag on, drag out | |
| Broader | proceed, go | Follow a certain course |
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