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"The speech dragged on for two hours"verbproceed for an extended period of time
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"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"verbto lag or linger behind
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verbsuck in or take (air)type of:
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"don't drag me into this business"verbforce into some kind of situation, condition, or course of actiontype of:
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verbdraw slowly or heavily
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verbwalk without lifting the feet
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"he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"nouna slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)type of:
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verbsearch (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
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nounthe phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
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"he went to the party dressed in drag" "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"nounclothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)type of:
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verbmove slowly and as if with great effort
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"He dragged me away from the television set"verbpersuade to come away from something attractive or interestingtype of:
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"He dragged the big suitcase behind him" "These worries were dragging at him"verbpull, as against a resistance
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"peeling potatoes is a drag"nounsomething tedious and boringtype of:
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"taxation is a drag on the economy" "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"nounsomething that slows or delays progresstype of:
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"the drag up the hill exhausted him"nounthe act of dragging (pulling with force)
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"drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"verbuse a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
Synonyms & Similar Words
go move check pull train wear search travel draw seek pulling proceed trail resistance clothing cart sweep inspiration involve persuade haul puff inspire inhale hale shuffle handicap lag toke intake tangle scuffle aspiration impediment inhalation dredge deterrent hindrance dawdle scuff schlep displace tedium wearable balk tediousness dragger embroil habiliment locomote shamble vesture windage drag on drag out drop back drop behind get behind hang back fall back fall behind breathe in drag in sweep up bouse underrun bowse breathing in look for retarding force sonic barrier sound barrier article of clothing pull along shlep tiresomeness baulk hinderance