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