Drag | Mean of drag in English Dictionary

/ˈdræg/

• Verb
• to pull (someone or something that is heavy or difficult to move)
1. She dragged one of the other tables over to ours.
2. Firefighters dragged the man to safety.
3. One of the parents eventually dragged the screaming toddler out of the store.
4. She practically had to drag her husband to the opera.
5. You drag me all the way out here only to tell me that the store is closed!?
6. She was dragged kicking and screaming into the family business. [=she was forced to join the family business]
• to move along the ground, floor, etc., while being pulled
1. Your scarf is dragging.
2. The broken muffler dragged behind the car.
3. The dog's leash was dragging along the ground.
• to cause (something) to move along the ground, floor, etc., by pulling it
1. The child is always dragging his blanket.
2. The puppy ran up to us, dragging her leash behind her.

• to force (yourself) to move or to go to a place when you are tired, busy, etc.
1. He dragged himself up the stairs and climbed into bed.
2. Can you drag yourself away from that computer?
3. I could barely drag myself out of bed. [=I had a hard time waking up]
• to go or move more slowly than others
1. Quit dragging—walk faster.
2. The nation's economy is dragging [=(more commonly) lagging] behind the rest of the world.
• to bring (an unpleasant or complicated subject, fact, etc.) into a discussion or argument
1. Do you always have to drag [=dredge] up the past?
2. They can't seem to avoid dragging religion into politics. [=mentioning religion in a discussion about politics]
• to go on for a long time in a way that seems slow and boring
1. The movie was good, but I thought it dragged at the end.
2. The hours seemed to drag (by) as the day went on.
• to pull a net or set of hooks through (a river, lake, pond, etc.) in order to search for or collect something
1. Searchers used three boats to drag the river.
2. They dragged [=trawled] the waters for fish.
• to move (items on a computer screen) by using a computer mouse
1. Drag the file/picture to this folder.
• to force (someone) into a bad situation or condition
1. We cannot let our enemies drag us down to their level. [=we should not let their bad behavior convince us to behave badly]
• to make (someone) unhappy
1. You can't let her bad moods drag you down.
• to make (something) lower in amount or quality
1. High energy costs are dragging down profits.
• to involve (a person, group, etc.) in (a difficult or complicated situation)
1. I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
2. Don't drag the children into this.
3. We will not let the country be dragged into another war.
• to go on for a long time
1. The meeting dragged on until almost midnight.
2. The lawsuit dragged on for years.
• to cause (something) to take more time than necessary
1. He dragged out the speech much too long.
2. Stop dragging the story out and get to the point.
• to force (something, such as a confession) from (someone)
1. The teacher eventually dragged a confession out of one of the students.
2. Doctors sometimes have to drag information out of their patients.
• to publicly say false or bad things that harm someone's reputation
1. My opponent has dragged my name through the mud.
• to avoid doing something for a long time because you do not want to do it
1. Quit dragging your feet and make a decision!
2. After months of dragging its heels, Congress voted on the bill.
• Noun
• someone or something that is boring, annoying, or disappointing
1. My parents can be such a drag. They won't let me do anything.
2. These meetings are a total drag.
• someone or something that makes action or progress slower or more difficult
1. High taxes have been a drag on the economy.
2. The senator should resign before she becomes a drag on the party. [=before she causes people to vote for candidates in another political party]
• the act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
1. Let me have a drag from your cigarette.
2. He took a long drag on the cigarette.
• the force of air that pushes against an airplane, a car, etc., as it moves forward
1. The jet's sleek design reduces drag.
• wearing clothes that are usually worn by the opposite sex
1. They went to the party (dressed) in drag.
2. She's in drag. [=dressed as a man]