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

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1. \Drag\, n. [See 3d {Dredge}.]
   A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
   

2. \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with
   a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same
   word as E. draw. ? See {Draw}.]
   1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground
      by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing
      heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with
      labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag
      stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
            Dragged by the cords which through his feet were
            thrust.                               --Denham.
            The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
            thee down.                            --Tennyson.
            A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a
            wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope.
   2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to
      harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or
      other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
            Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
                                                  --Tennyson.
   3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
      pain or with difficulty.
            Have dragged a lingering life.        -- Dryden.
   {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom
      when the anchor will not hold the ship.
   Syn: See {Draw}.
   

3. \Drag\, v. i.
   1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to
      trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the
      bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
   2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance
      with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
            The day drags through, though storms keep out the
            sun.                                  --Byron.
            Long, open panegyric drags at best.   -- Gay.
   3. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
            A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the
            vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can
            propel her.                           --Russell.
   4. To fish with a dragnet.
   

4. \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and
   1st {Dredge}.]
   1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
   2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under
      water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
   3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind
      of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
   4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
      [Collog.] --Thackeray.
   5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
   6.
      (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's
          progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a
          canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag
          sail} (below).
      (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
          carriage wheel.
      (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to
          progress or enjoyment.
                My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no
                drag.                             --J. D.
                                                  Forbes.
   7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if
      clogged. ``Had a drag in his walk.'' -- Hazlitt.
   8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper
      part being the cope.
   9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing
      of soft stone.
   10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a
       screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the
       ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects
       of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation
       under {Drag}, v. i., 3.
   {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout
      frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in
      order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;
      -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor},
      {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc.
   {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for
      cleaning drilled holes.