DRAG — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
drag
The act of dragging (pulling with force).
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- The drag up the hill exhausted him.
A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).
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- He took a puff on his pipe.
- He took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly.
Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man).
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- He went to the party dressed in drag.
- The waitresses looked like missionaries in drag.
Something tedious and boring.
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- Peeling potatoes is a drag.
Something that slows or delays progress.
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- Taxation is a drag on the economy.
- Too many laws are a drag on the use of new land.
The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid.
Proceed for an extended period of time.
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- The speech dragged on for two hours.
Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting.
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- He dragged me away from the television set.
Suck in or take (air).
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- Draw a deep breath.
- Draw on a cigarette.
Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
Pull, as against a resistance.
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- He dragged the big suitcase behind him.
- These worries were dragging at him.
Draw slowly or heavily.
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- Haul stones.
- Haul nets.
Walk without lifting the feet.
To lag or linger behind.
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- But in so many other areas we still are dragging.
Move slowly and as if with great effort.
Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu.
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- Drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen.
Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
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- They were swept up by the events.
- Don't drag me into this business.
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