Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: drag, drag_in, drag_on, drag_out

'drag'

[drag.n.01] as in: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

'drag'

[drag.n.02] as in: something that slows or delays progress

Examples:
taxation is a drag on the economy
too many laws are a drag on the use of new land

'drag'

[drag.n.03] as in: something tedious and boring

Examples:
peeling potatoes is a drag

'drag'

[drag.n.04] as in: clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

Examples:
he went to the party dressed in drag
the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag

'drag'

[puff.n.07] as in: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

Examples:
he took a puff on his pipe
he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly

'drag'

[drag.n.06] as in: the act of dragging (pulling with force)

Examples:
the drag up the hill exhausted him

'drag'

[drag.v.01] as in: pull, as against a resistance

Examples:
He dragged the big suitcase behind him
These worries were dragging at him

'drag'

[haul.v.01] as in: draw slowly or heavily

Examples:
haul stones
haul nets

'drag'

[embroil.v.01] as in: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Examples:
They were swept up by the events
don't drag me into this business

'drag'

[drag.v.04] as in: move slowly and as if with great effort

'drag'

[drag.v.05] as in: to lag or linger behind

Examples:
But in so many other areas we still are dragging

'drag'

[puff.v.02] as in: suck in or take (air)

Examples:
draw a deep breath
draw on a cigarette

'drag'

[drag.v.07] as in: use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu

Examples:
drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen

'drag'

[scuff.v.01] as in: walk without lifting the feet

'drag'

[dredge.v.02] as in: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

'drag'

[drag.v.10] as in: persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

Examples:
He dragged me away from the television set

'drag'

[drag.v.11] as in: proceed for an extended period of time

Examples:
The speech dragged on for two hours

Origins

					drag (English)
└── draggen (Middle English (1100-1500))