drag

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(n) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
(n) 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"
(n) something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
(n) 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"
(n) 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"
(n) the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
(v) pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
(v) draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
(v) 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"
(v) move slowly and as if with great effort
(v) to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
(v) suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
(v) 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"
(v) walk without lifting the feet
(v) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
(v) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
(v) proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"

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