Definitions for drag
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. drag, retarding forcenoun

   the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

2. dragnoun

   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. dragnoun

   something tedious and boring

   "peeling potatoes is a drag"

4. dragnoun

   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. puff, drag, pullnoun

   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. dragverb

   the act of dragging (pulling with force)

   "the drag up the hill exhausted him"

7. dragverb

   pull, as against a resistance

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

8. haul, hale, cart, dragverb

   draw slowly or heavily

   "haul stones"; "haul nets"

9. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag inverb

   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"

10. dragverb

    move slowly and as if with great effort

11. drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop backverb

    to lag or linger behind

    "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

12. puff, drag, drawverb

    suck in or take (air)

    "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"

13. dragverb

    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"

14. scuff, dragverb

    walk without lifting the feet

15. dredge, dragverb

    search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

16. dragverb

    persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

    "He dragged me away from the television set"

17. drag, drag on, drag outverb

    proceed for an extended period of time

    "The speech dragged on for two hours"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dragnoun

   Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

   He performed in drag.

2. dragnoun

   Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

   corporate drag

3. Etymology: From draggen, early dragen, confluence of dragan and draga; both from draganan, from dʰerāgʰ-. Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag, related to dragge. Cognate with drægge, drage, dragga, draga, draga. More at draw.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dragnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A net drawn along the bottom of the water.

   Casting nets were spread in shallow brooks,
   Drags in the deep, and baits were hung on hooks. Dryden.

   The creatures are but instruments in God’s hand: the returning our acknowledgments to them is just the same absurdity with theirs who burnt incense to the drag, and sacrificed to the net. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. An instrument with hooks to catch hold of things under water.

   You may in the morning find it near to some fixed place, and then take it up with a drag hook, or otherwise. Izaak Walton.

   3. A kind of car drawn by the hand.

   The drag is made somewhat like a low car: it is used for the carriage of timber, and then is drawn by the handle by two or more men. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.

2. To DRAGverb

   Etymology: dragan, Saxon.

   1. To pull along the ground by main force; to draw heavily along.

   Such his aspect, when, soil’d with bloody dust,
   Dragg’d by the cords which thro’ his feet were thrust. John Denham.

   2. To draw any thing burthensome; any thing from which one cannot disengage one’s self.

   ’Tis long since I, for my celestial wife,
   Loath’d by the gods, have dragg’d a ling’ring life. Dryden.

   Can I, who lov’d so well,
   To part with all my bliss to save my lover?
   Oh! can I drag a wretched life without him? Smith.

   While I have any ability to hold a commerce with you, I will never be silent; and this chancing to be a day that I can hold a pen, I will drag it as long as I am able. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To draw contemptuously along, as a thing unworthy to be carried.

   They shall surprize
   The serpent, prince of air, and drag in chains
   Through all his realm, and there confounded leave. John Milton.

   To fall, that’s justice;
   But then, to drag him after! For to die,
   And yet in death to conquer, is my wish. John Dryden, Cleomenes.

   He triumphs in St. Austin’s opinion; and is not only content to drag me at his chariot-wheels, but he makes a shew of me. Edward Stillingfleet, Def. of Disc. on Rom. Idol.

   4. To pull about with violence and ignominy.

   The constable was no sooner espied but he was reproached with disdainful words, beaten and dragged in so barbarous a manner, that he hardly escaped with his life. Edward Hyde.

   5. To pull roughly and forcibly.

   In my fatal cause your sword was drawn;
   The weight of my misfortunes dragg’d you down. Dryden.

3. To Dragverb

   To hang so low as to trail or grate upon the ground.

   From hence are heard the groans of ghosts, the pains
   Of sounding lashes, and of dragging chains. John Dryden, Æn.

   A door is said to drag, when, by its ill hanging on its hinges, the bottom edge of the door rides in its sweep upon the floor. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drag

   Drag is a force that opposes the motion or movement of an object through a fluid such as water or air. This resistance can be caused by various factors including the shape, size, and speed of the object, as well as the density and viscosity of the fluid. In physics and engineering, it is considered a type of friction. Also, in the context of culture, drag can refer to the performance of wearing clothing typically associated with the opposite gender.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dragnoun

   a confection; a comfit; a drug

2. Dragverb

   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

3. Dragverb

   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

4. Dragverb

   to draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty

5. Dragverb

   to be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold

6. Dragverb

   to move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly

7. Dragverb

   to serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back

8. Dragverb

   to fish with a dragnet

9. Dragverb

   the act of dragging; anything which is dragged

10. Dragverb

    a net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc

11. Dragverb

    a kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag

12. Dragverb

    a heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage

13. Dragverb

    a heavy harrow, for breaking up ground

14. Dragverb

    anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below)

15. Dragverb

    also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel

16. Dragverb

    hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment

17. Dragverb

    motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged

18. Dragverb

    the bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope

19. Dragverb

    a steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone

20. Dragverb

    the difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under Drag, v. i., 3

21. Etymology: [See Drag, v. t., and cf. Dray a cart, and 1st Dredge.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drag

   In fluid dynamics, drag refers to forces which act on a solid object in the direction of the relative fluid flow velocity. Unlike other resistive forces, such as dry friction, which is nearly independent of velocity, drag forces depend on velocity. Drag forces always decrease fluid velocity relative to the solid object in the fluid's path.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drag

   drag, v.t. to draw by force: to draw slowly: to pull roughly and violently: to explore with a drag-net or hook.—v.i. to hang so as to trail on the ground: to be forcibly drawn along: to move slowly and heavily:—pr.p. drag′ging; pa.p. dragged.—n. a net or hook for dragging along to catch things under water: a heavy harrow: a device for guiding wood to the saw: a mail-coach: a long open carriage, with transverse or side seats: a contrivance for retarding carriage-wheels in going down slopes: any obstacle to progress: an artificial scent (anise-seed, &c.) dragged on the ground for foxhounds trained to the pursuit (Drag′-hounds) to follow: (billiards) a push somewhat under the centre of the cue-ball, causing it to follow the object-ball a short way.—ns. Drag′-bar, a strong iron bar for connecting railway-carriages together—also Draw′-bar; Drag′-bolt, a strong bolt passing through the drag-bar of railway-carriages, and serving to fasten the coupling; Drag′-chain, the chain that connects engine and tender, or carriages and wagons, with one another; Drag′-man, a fisherman who uses a drag-net; Drag′-net, a net to be dragged or drawn along the bottom of water to catch fish; Drags′man, the driver of a drag or coach. [A.S. dragan; Ger. tragen. Acc. to Curtius, nowise conn. with L. trahĕre.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Drag

   The pull exercised by a magnetic field upon a conductor moving through it or upon the motion of an armature in it.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. drag

   A machine consisting of a sharp square frame of iron encircled with a net, and commonly used to rake the mud off from the platform or bottom of the docks, or to clean rivers, or for dragging on the bottom for anything lost. Also, a creeper.

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1. DRAG

   What does DRAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DRAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DRAG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Drag is ranked #59171 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Drag surname appeared 342 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Drag.
   
   94.7% or 324 total occurrences were White.
   2% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Clothing
   • Impediment
   • Involve
   • Lag
   • Move
   • Persuade
   • Proceed
   • Pull
   • Resistance
   • Search
   • Shuffle
   • Tediousness

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'drag' in Verbs Frequency: #540

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Anagrams for drag »

1. darg

2. grad

How to pronounce drag?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say drag in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of drag in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of drag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of drag in a Sentence

1. Sam Bullard:

   Import prices should continue to exert a drag on domestic inflation in the first half of 2016. The incoming data continues to provide uncertainty over the likelihood of a rate hike in March.

2. Laith Khalaf:

   This is the total opposite of 2013 when active UK funds posted large outperformance of the FTSE All Share, performance over both years can be largely explained by active manager's propensity to hold more mid-caps than the market weighting. This served them well in 2013 but has proved a drag in 2014 when it is the blue chips that have outperformed.

3. Michelle Main:

   Labels: I will only help someone when they want support to help themselves, I will not help someone that turns their back on morals and thinks about only themselves. Help requires only yourself: I will no longer drag someone screaming and shouting. Because I know its the right thing that you should be doing. Your failures aren't mine, but my positiveness was to share to benefit everyone. Wearable Society

4. Michelle Levine:

   They tried to drag my start-up wine-and-spirits technology business into it … They posted my entire medical record, including notes about my mental health, my bills, my insurance info, my driver’s license, birth date and home address.

5. Daniel Silver:

   We think that the drag from inventories in the fourth quarter will be more severe than we had previously believed.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=drag
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Drag
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=drag
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drag
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=drag
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=drag
8. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=drag
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=drag
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=drag