drag
/dræg/
तान्नु
noun
1. retarding force
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
2. drag
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. drag
something tedious and boring
"peeling potatoes is a drag"
4. drag
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, pull
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. drag
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
"the drag up the hill exhausted him"
verb
1. drag
pull, as against a resistance
"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
"These worries were dragging at him"
2. haul, hale, cart
draw slowly or heavily
"haul stones"
"haul nets"
3. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in
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"
4. drag
move slowly and as if with great effort
5. trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
to lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
6. puff, draw
suck in or take (air)
"draw a deep breath"
"draw on a cigarette"
7. drag
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"
8. scuff
walk without lifting the feet
9. dredge
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
10. drag
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
"He dragged me away from the television set"
11. drag on, drag out
proceed for an extended period of time
"The speech dragged on for two hours"
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