Synonyms: drag
Definition: the act of dragging (pulling with force)
Usage: the drag up the hill exhausted him
Definition: the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you
Usage: the pull up the hill had him breathing harder; his strenuous pulling strained his back
Definition: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
Usage: he took a puff on his pipe; he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly
Similar words: breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake, aspiration
Definition: the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Synonyms: drag
Definition: clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
Usage: he went to the party dressed in drag; the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag
Similar words: clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, article of clothing, habiliment
Definition: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
Synonyms: drag
Definition: something tedious and boring
Usage: peeling potatoes is a drag
Similar words: tiresomeness, tediousness, tedium
Definition: dullness owing to length or slowness
Synonyms: drag
Definition: something that slows or delays progress
Usage: taxation is a drag on the economy; too many laws are a drag on the use of new land
Similar words: check, balk, baulk, impediment, hinderance, hindrance, handicap, deterrent
Definition: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
Synonyms: retarding force, drag
Definition: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Similar words: resistance
Definition: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
Synonyms: drag, drag on, drag out
Definition: proceed for an extended period of time
Usage: The speech dragged on for two hours
Definition: follow a certain course
Usage: The inauguration went well; how did your interview go?
Synonyms: drag
Definition: persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
Usage: He dragged me away from the television set
Similar words: persuade
Definition: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
Usage: You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
Definition: suck in or take (air)
Usage: draw a deep breath; draw on a cigarette
Similar words: breathe in, inhale, inspire
Definition: draw in (air)
Usage: Inhale deeply; inhale the fresh mountain air; The patient has trouble inspiring; The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
Definition: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Similar words: look for, search, seek
Definition: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Usage: The police are searching for clues; They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Synonyms: drag
Definition: pull, as against a resistance
Usage: He dragged the big suitcase behind him; These worries were dragging at him
Similar words: pull, force, draw
Definition: cause to move by pulling
Usage: draw a wagon; pull a sled
Synonyms: drag, cart, hale, haul
Definition: draw slowly or heavily
Usage: haul stones; haul nets
Similar words: pull, force, draw
Definition: cause to move by pulling
Usage: draw a wagon; pull a sled
Definition: walk without lifting the feet
Similar words: scuffle, shamble, shuffle
Definition: walk by dragging one's feet
Usage: he shuffled out of the room; We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
Synonyms: drag, drop back, drop behind, trail, get behind, hang back
Definition: to lag or linger behind
Usage: But in so many other areas we still are dragging
Similar words: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag
Definition: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Synonyms: drag
Definition: move slowly and as if with great effort
Similar words: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Synonyms: drag
Definition: use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu
Usage: drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: embroil, drag, drag in, sweep, sweep up, tangle
Definition: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Usage: They were swept up by the events; don't drag me into this business
Similar words: involve
Definition: engage as a participant
Usage: Don't involve me in your family affairs!