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Noun drag has 6 senses

drag, retarding force - the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
--₁ is a kind of resistance
--₁ has particulars: sonic barrier, sound barrier; windage
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"
--₂ is a kind of hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap
drag - something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
--₃ is a kind of tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness
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"
--₄ is a kind of clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear
puff, drag, 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"
--₅ is a kind of inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
--₅ is a part of smoke, smoking
--₅ has particulars: toke
Derived form: verb drag₆
drag - the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
--₆ is a kind of pull, pulling

Derived forms: verb drag₂, verb drag₁

Verb drag has 11 senses

drag - pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
--₁ is one way to pull, draw, force

Derived forms: noun drag₆, noun dragger₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
haul, hale, cart, drag - draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
--₂ is one way to pull, draw, force

Derived forms: noun drag₆, noun dragger₁, noun dragger₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, 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"
--₃ is one way to involve
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
drag - move slowly and as if with great effort
--₄ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
--₅ is one way to lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
puff, drag, draw - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
--₆ is one way to inhale, inspire, breathe in

Derived form: noun drag₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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"
--₇ is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
scuff, drag - walk without lifting the feet
--₈ is one way to shuffle, scuffle, shamble
Sample sentence:
The children drag to the playground
dredge, drag - search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
--₉ is one way to search, seek, look for
Sample sentences:
The men drag the area for animals
The men drag for animals in the area
drag - persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
--₁₀ is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
drag, drag on, drag out - proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
--₁₁ is one way to proceed, go
Sample sentence:
Something ----s