Drag Definition

drăg

dragged, dragging, drags

verb

dragged, dragging, drags

To pull or draw with force or effort, esp. along the ground; haul.

Webster's New World

To be dragged; be pulled along the ground or other surface; trail.

Webster's New World

To lag behind.

Webster's New World

To move (a pointing device, such as a mouse) while pressing down on one of its buttons.

American Heritage

To pull a grapnel, net, etc. over the bottom of (a river, lake, etc.) in searching for something; dredge.

Webster's New World

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noun

drags

Something dragged or pulled along the ground.

Webster's New World

A device used to catch and haul up something under water; grapnel, dragnet, etc.

Webster's New World

A heavy sledge or cart for hauling loads.

American Heritage

Anything that hinders or obstructs.

A drag on his resources.

Webster's New World

A large four-horse coach with seats inside and on top.

American Heritage

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adjective

Of, relating to, or being a person wearing clothing characteristic of the opposite sex.

A drag performer; a drag show.

American Heritage

idiom

drag (one's) feet

To act or work with intentional slowness; delay.

American Heritage

drag on

to prolong or be prolonged tediously

Webster's New World

drag one's feet

to act with deliberate slowness or obvious reluctance; be uncooperative

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Drag

Noun

Singular:

drag

Plural:

drags

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Drag

Origin of Drag

From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerāgʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). More at draw.

From Wiktionary
Middle English draggen from Old Norse draga or variant of Middle English drawen draw

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition