Drag

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Mục lục 1 Verb (used with object) 1.1 to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail 1.2 to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like 1.3 to level and smooth (land) with a drag or harrow. 1.4 to introduce; inject; insert 1.5 to protract (something) or pass (time) tediously or painfully (often fol. by out or on ) 1.6 to pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen, esp. by using a mouse. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to be drawn or hauled along. 2.2 to trail on the ground. 2.3 to move heavily or with effort. 2.4 to proceed or pass with tedious slowness 2.5 to feel listless or apathetic; move listlessly or apathetically (often fol. by around ) 2.6 to lag behind. 2.7 to use a drag or grapnel; dredge. 2.8 to take part in a drag race. 2.9 to take a puff 3 Noun 3.1 Nautical . 3.2 Agriculture . a heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it. 3.3 Slang . someone or something tedious; a bore 3.4 a stout sledge or sled. 3.5 Aeronautics . the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion. 3.6 a four-horse sporting and passenger coach with seats inside and on top. 3.7 a metal shoe to receive a wheel of heavy wagons and serve as a brake on steep grades. 3.8 something that retards progress. 3.9 an act of dragging. 3.10 slow, laborious movement or procedure; retardation. 3.11 a puff or inhalation on a cigarette, pipe, etc. 3.12 Hunting . 3.13 Angling . 3.14 clothing characteristically associated with one sex when worn by a person of the opposite sex 3.15 clothing characteristic of a particular occupation or milieu 3.16 Also called comb. Masonry . a steel plate with a serrated edge for dressing a stone surface. 3.17 Metallurgy . the lower part of a flask. Compare cope 2 ( def. 5 ) . 3.18 Slang . influence 3.19 Slang . a girl or woman that one is escorting; date. 3.20 Informal . a street or thoroughfare, esp. a main street of a town or city. 3.21 drag race. 3.22 Eastern New England . a sledge, as for carrying stones from a field. 4 Adjective 4.1 marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite. ? 5 Idiom 5.1 drag one's feet or heels 6 Antonyms 6.1 verb 7 Synonyms 7.1 noun 7.2 verb

Verb (used with object)

to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail

They dragged the carpet out of the house.

to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like

They dragged the lake for the body of the missing man.

to level and smooth (land) with a drag or harrow.

to introduce; inject; insert

He drags his honorary degree into every discussion.

to protract (something) or pass (time) tediously or painfully (often fol. by out or on )

They dragged the discussion out for three hours.

to pull (a graphical image) from one place to another on a computer display screen, esp. by using a mouse.

Verb (used without object)

to be drawn or hauled along.

to trail on the ground.

to move heavily or with effort.

to proceed or pass with tedious slowness

The parade dragged by endlessly.

to feel listless or apathetic; move listlessly or apathetically (often fol. by around )

This heat wave has everyone dragging around.

to lag behind.

to use a drag or grapnel; dredge.

to take part in a drag race.

to take a puff

to drag on a cigarette.

Noun

Nautical .

a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.

resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.

any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.

any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.

any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.

Agriculture . a heavy wooden or steel frame drawn over the ground to smooth it.

Slang . someone or something tedious; a bore

It's a drag having to read this old novel.

a stout sledge or sled.

Aeronautics . the aerodynamic force exerted on an airfoil, airplane, or other aerodynamic body that tends to reduce its forward motion.

a four-horse sporting and passenger coach with seats inside and on top.

a metal shoe to receive a wheel of heavy wagons and serve as a brake on steep grades.

something that retards progress.

an act of dragging.

slow, laborious movement or procedure; retardation.

a puff or inhalation on a cigarette, pipe, etc.

Hunting .

the scent left by a fox or other animal.

something, as aniseed, dragged over the ground to leave an artificial scent.

Also called drag hunt. a hunt, esp. a fox hunt, in which the hounds follow an artificial scent.

Angling .

a brake on a fishing reel.

the sideways pull on a fishline, as caused by a crosscurrent.

clothing characteristically associated with one sex when worn by a person of the opposite sex

a Mardi Gras ball at which many of the dancers were in drag.

clothing characteristic of a particular occupation or milieu

Two guests showed up in gangster drag.

Also called comb. Masonry . a steel plate with a serrated edge for dressing a stone surface.

Metallurgy . the lower part of a flask. Compare cope 2 ( def. 5 ) .

Slang . influence

He claims he has drag with his senator.

Slang . a girl or woman that one is escorting; date.

Informal . a street or thoroughfare, esp. a main street of a town or city.

drag race.

Eastern New England . a sledge, as for carrying stones from a field.

Adjective

marked by or involving the wearing of clothing characteristically associated with the opposite sex; transvestite. ?

Idiom

drag one's feet or heels

to act with reluctance; delay

The committee is dragging its feet coming to a decision.

Antonyms

verb

rush

Synonyms

noun

annoyance , bore , bother , burden , encumbrance , hang-up , hindrance , impediment , nuisance , pain , pest , pill , sway , trouble , breathing , draw , inhalation , pull , smoke , draft , haul , traction , puff

verb

draw , hale , lug , magnetize , move , pull , schlepp * , tow , trail , transport , truck , tug , yank , be delayed , be quiescent , crawl , creep , dally * , dawdle * , delay , encounter difficulty , hang * , inch * , lag , lag behind , limp along , linger , loiter , mark time * , poke * , procrastinate , put off * , sag , shamble , shuffle , slow down , stagnate , straggle , tarry , trail behind , traipse , haul , draggle , train , inch , dally , dawdle , dilly-dally , poke , anchor , bore , bother , brake , break , bummer , burden , drawback , dredge , harrow , inhalation , nuisance , road , schlep , schlepp , search , street , tediously , tiresome