See Also: drag(1)(dictionary)
drag-net(dictionary)
drag(encyclopedia)
drag(medicine)
drag(2)(dictionary)
drag 2, noun(dictionary)
drag queen(dictionary)
drag 1, verb(dictionary)
drag race(dictionary)
drag racing(encyclopedia)

drag(2) (iou)



drag verb. [drag] Infl. -gg-. LME.
[Old Norse draga or obscurely developed from Old English dragan: see DRAW verb.]
I.
verb trans. Draw or pull along with force, difficulty, or friction; allow (the feet, a tail, etc.) to trail along the ground. LME.
drag ass: see ASS noun2. drag one's feet, drag one's heels fig. be deliberately slow or reluctant in accomplishing or proceeding with something. drag the chain Austral. & NZ slang work slowly or lazily, lag behind others. drag through the mud publish unpleasant information or allegations about.
T. Williams She has dragged her wardrobe trunk into the centre of the bedroom. fig.: J. T. Story All this is going to be dragged through a coroner's court.
b. Of a ship: trail (an anchor) along the seabed after it has come adrift. L17.
c. Foll. by adverb or preposition: take or escort (a person) to or away from a place or event despite his or her reluctance. colloq. L18.
J. Bentham I have to regret being the cause..of dragging you out thus early. J. Cannan I was dragged to an Old Tyme Dance in the Town Hall.
d. Computing. Move (a window, icon, or other image) across a computer screen using a tool such as a mouse. L20.
verb intrans. Hang back with a retarding tendency; lag behind, esp. in singing or playing. E16.
Oxford English Dictionary The quartet was not sung in time, the tenor dragged.
verb intrans. Trail or hang under its own weight while being moved; (of a door) catch on the ground. M17.
W. Golding He..limped forward, left foot dragging a little.
verb trans. Protract, prolong, or continue tediously. Now usu. foll. by out. L17.
verb intrans. Advance or progress slowly and painfully; be tediously prolonged; become tedious by protraction. Freq. foll. by on. M18.
G. Gissing Winter dragged to its end. Anne Stevenson Schoolgirls dragging in crocodile/through the damp lanes.
verb intrans. Suck on or at a cigarette etc. to draw in the smoke. colloq. E20.
II.
verb trans. Catch by means of a drag-net or dredging. LME.
verb trans. & intrans. Draw a drag-net, grapnel, etc., along the bed of (a river etc.) to clear it or free objects; search in this way for a body. M16.
J. Fowles The police were going to drag the ponds.
verb trans. Break up the surface of (land) with a drag or heavy harrow. E18.
verb trans. Put a drag on (a wheel or vehicle); impede in this way. E19.
verb trans. Rob (a vehicle). slang. E19.
verb intrans. Race a motor vehicle, take part in a drag race. N. Amer. M20.
With adverbs in specialized senses: drag in introduce (a topic) in a forced manner or needlessly. drag up colloq. (a) rear (a child) roughly and without proper training (freq. in pass.); (b) deliberately mention (a subject or event, usu. unpleasant, that is generally forgotten or ignored).
dragger noun (a) a person who or thing which drags; (b) N. Amer. a fishing boat which uses a drag-net: L15.
draggingly adverb slowly and with difficulty L19.