eng: drag - UWN/MENTA

eng: drag

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Meaning
means	(noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid drag, retarding force
means	(noun) 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" drag
means	(noun) something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag" drag
means	(noun) 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" drag
means	(noun) 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" drag, pull, puff
means	(noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him" drag
means	(verb) pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" drag
means	(verb) draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" haul, hale, cart, drag
means	(verb) 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" sweep, sweep up, embroil, tangle, drag in, drag
means	(verb) move slowly and as if with great effort drag
means	(verb) to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" get behind, drop back, drop behind, drag, hang back, trail
means	(verb) suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" draw, drag, puff
means	(verb) 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" drag
means	(verb) walk without lifting the feet scuff, drag
means	(verb) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost drag, dredge
means	(verb) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set" drag
means	(verb) proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" drag out, drag on, drag
means	e/Drag (clothing)
means	e/Drag (route)

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