Drag (Verb)
Meaning 1
Walk without lifting the feet.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- She was so tired that she began to drag her feet across the finish line.
- The man was forced to drag his feet as he was escorted away by the guards.
- Over time, wear and tear caused the blades to drag along the ice.
- As she gave in to the sorrow, she started to drag her feet, no longer wanting to move forward.
- His legs were weak from the long journey and he started to drag his feet along the pavement.
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Meaning 2
Proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The boring lecture dragged on for three hours.
- The meeting dragged on for what seemed like an eternity.
- The commercial dragged on interminably, making the viewers switch channels.
- The court case dragged on for years due to the complexity of the issue.
- The war dragged on for over a decade with no clear resolution in sight.
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Meaning 3
Move slowly and as if with great effort.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The exhausted hikers had to drag themselves up the steep mountain path.
- After the long illness, Sarah struggled to drag herself out of bed in the morning.
- The tired dog began to drag its feet as the walk was taking longer than expected.
- As the day wore on, the team's energy started to flag and they began to drag their way through the tasks.
- The weak and frail old man had to drag himself across the room to reach his armchair.
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Meaning 4
Draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The horse began to drag its hooves along the dusty road.
- The large ship had to drag its anchor in search of a suitable spot to drop it.
- To get the heavy box up the stairs, you'll have to drag it.
- It took them hours to drag the old boat back to the shore.
- She was forced to drag her injured leg as she struggled to reach the emergency exit.
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Meaning 5
Suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- She reluctantly agreed to drag on the cigarette as the dare went around the group of teenagers.
- To calm her nerves, she took a moment to drag a deep breath and focus on the task at hand.
- As the air thickened with smoke from the wild fire, it became harder to drag in each breath of fresh air.
- After a long hot shower, the young mother couldn't help but drag on the cool wisps of fresh air from the window.
- During her asthma attack, it was increasingly difficult for Sarah to drag in oxygen from her inhaler.
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Meaning 6
To lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The team's lack of energy was noticeable as they started to drag during the fourth quarter.
- For years, the economy has been dragging due to a lack of investments in infrastructure.
- After an an injury, she was dragging her leg behind her, struggling to keep up with her friends.
- Their overall performance improved, but customer satisfaction has been dragging because of unresolved complaints.
- The latest news story was about the struggling music industry which was dragging, due to decreased sales and dropping artist profits.
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Meaning 7
Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Divers began to drag the lake floor in search of the missing treasure chest.
- The police will drag the river to see if they can locate the woman's missing phone.
- Rescue teams prepared to drag the ocean floor in hopes of finding the black box from the sunken plane.
- To recover the lost fishing gear, the crew decided to drag the seafloor of the surrounding area.
- Search teams were brought in to drag the bottom of the lake to try to find the remains of the sunken canoe.
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Meaning 8
Pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The tired horse was forced to drag a heavy load through the mud.
- She dragged herself out of bed after a late night.
- They dragged their luggage behind them as they rushed to catch the train.
- The old, worn-out shoes were dragging on the ground with every step.
- The police had to drag the uncooperative suspect away from the scene.
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Meaning 9
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".
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Examples
- The company's financial struggles dragged it into bankruptcy court.
- Her brother's poor reputation dragged her down and made people doubt her honesty.
- The corrupt politician is trying to drag his opponents into the scandal to tarnish their reputations.
- She was dragged into her friend's wedding planning and ended up spending all her free time on it.
- They didn't want to drag their colleagues into their personal conflict.
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Meaning 10
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".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- To resize the image, drag the corner of the frame until it reaches the desired size.
- Drag the file to the recycle bin to permanently delete it.
- Drag and drop the icon from the toolbar to the desktop for quicker access.
- To create a shortcut, drag the application's icon to the taskbar.
- Drag the scrollbar to the bottom of the webpage to view the footer content.
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Meaning 11
Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She had to drag her kid away from the toy store as it was getting late.
- I was dragged away from the TV as my favorite team was about to score.
- They reluctantly dragged their friend away from the party that was extending into the night.
- His parents dragged him away from the video game arcade when his allowance was spent.
- The police dragged the angry protester away from the rally for violating the rules.