English

Detailed Synonyms for drag in English

drag:

to drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)

  1. to drag
    to drag; to carry; to carry along
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • carry verb (carries, carried, carrying)
    • carry along verb (carry along, carried along, carrying along)
  2. to drag
    to drag; to haul
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • haul verb (hauls, hauled, hauling)
  3. to drag
    to drag; to tug; to lug
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • tug verb (tugs, tugged, tugging)
    • lug verb (lugs, lugged, lugging)
  4. to drag
    to haul; to drag; to pull
    • haul verb (hauls, hauled, hauling)
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • pull verb (pulls, pulled, pulling)
  5. to drag
    to drag
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
  6. to drag
    to grasp; caught; to snatch; to seize; to grip; to catch; to snatch away; to drag; to clutch; to yearn; to reach; to slog away; to toil and moil; to rummage about; to rout; to clasp; to pilfer; to snout; to slave away; to stick; to root; to scratch
    • grasp verb (grasps, grasped, grasping)
    • caught verb
    • snatch verb (snatchs, snatched, snatching)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
    • grip verb (grips, gripped, gripping)
    • catch verb (catches, catched, catching)
    • snatch away verb (snatchs away, snatched away, snatching away)
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • clutch verb (clutchs, clutched, clutching)
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    • reach verb (reachs, reached, reaching)
    • slog away verb (slogs away, slogged away, slogging away)
    • toil and moil verb (toils and moil, toiled and moiled, toiling and moiling)
    • rummage about verb (rummages about, rummaged about, rummaging about)
    • rout verb (routs, routed, routing)
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
    • pilfer verb (pilfers, pilfered, pilfering)
    • snout verb (snouts, snouted, snouting)
    • slave away verb (slaves away, slaved away, slaving away)
    • stick verb (sticks, sticked, sticking)
    • root verb (roots, rooted, rooting)
    • scratch verb (scratches, scratched, scratching)
  7. to drag
    – proceed for an extended period of time 1
    to drag; to drag on; drag out
    – proceed for an extended period of time 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
      • The speech dragged on for two hours1
    • drag on verb (drags on, dragged on, dragging on)
    • drag out verb
  8. to drag
    – persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting 1
    to drag
    – persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
      • He dragged me away from the television set1
  9. to drag
    – suck in or take (air) 1
    to draw; to drag; to puff
    – suck in or take (air) 1
    • draw verb (draws, drew, drawing)
      • draw a deep breath1
      • draw on a cigarette1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • puff verb (puffs, puffed, puffing)
  10. to drag
    – search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost 1
    to drag; to dredge
    – search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • dredge verb (dredges, dredged, dredging)
  11. to drag
    – pull, as against a resistance 1
    to drag
    – pull, as against a resistance 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
      • He dragged the big suitcase behind him1
      • These worries were dragging at him1
  12. to drag
    – draw slowly or heavily 1
    to drag; to haul; to cart; hale
    – draw slowly or heavily 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • haul verb (hauls, hauled, hauling)
      • haul stones1
      • haul nets1
    • cart verb (carts, carted, carting)
    • hale verb
  13. to drag
    – walk without lifting the feet 1
    to drag; scuff
    – walk without lifting the feet 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • scuff verb
  14. to drag
    – to lag or linger behind 1
    to trail; to drag; to drop back; get behind; hang back; drop behind
    – to lag or linger behind 1
  15. to drag
    – move slowly and as if with great effort 1
    to drag
    – move slowly and as if with great effort 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
  16. to drag
    – use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu 1
    to drag
    – use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
      • drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen1
  17. to drag
    – force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action 1
    to drag; to sweep; to tangle; to sweep up; embroil; drag in
    – force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action 1
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
      • don't drag me into this business1
    • sweep verb (sweeps, swept, sweeping)
      • They were swept up by the events1
    • tangle verb (tangles, tangled, tangling)
    • sweep up verb (sweeps up, swept up, sweeping up)
    • embroil verb
    • drag in verb
  18. to drag
    – To move an item on the screen by selecting the item and then pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse. 2
    to drag
    – To move an item on the screen by selecting the item and then pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse. 2
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)

Conjugations for drag:

present
  1. drag
  2. drag
  3. drags
  4. drag
  5. drag
  6. drag
simple past
  1. dragged
  2. dragged
  3. dragged
  4. dragged
  5. dragged
  6. dragged
present perfect
  1. have dragged
  2. have dragged
  3. has dragged
  4. have dragged
  5. have dragged
  6. have dragged
past continuous
  1. was dragging
  2. were dragging
  3. was dragging
  4. were dragging
  5. were dragging
  6. were dragging
future
  1. shall drag
  2. will drag
  3. will drag
  4. shall drag
  5. will drag
  6. will drag
continuous present
  1. am dragging
  2. are dragging
  3. is dragging
  4. are dragging
  5. are dragging
  6. are dragging
subjunctive
  1. be dragged
  2. be dragged
  3. be dragged
  4. be dragged
  5. be dragged
  6. be dragged
diverse
  1. drag!
  2. let's drag!
  3. dragged
  4. dragging
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

drag [the ~] noun

  1. the drag
    the air resistance; the drag
  2. the drag
    the annoyance; the irritation; the vexation; the nuisance; the chagrin; the drag
  3. the drag
    the drag; the dragging hook
  4. the drag
    the puff; the drag; the pull
  5. the drag
    the drag; the dog-cart
  6. the drag
    – the act of dragging (pulling with force) 1
    the drag
    – the act of dragging (pulling with force) 1
    • drag [the ~] noun
      • the drag up the hill exhausted him1
  7. the drag
    – a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) 1
    the drag; the pull; the puff
    – a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) 1
    • drag [the ~] noun
      • he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly1
    • pull [the ~] noun
    • puff [the ~] noun
      • he took a puff on his pipe1
  8. the drag
    – clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) 1
    the drag
    – clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) 1
    • drag [the ~] noun
      • he went to the party dressed in drag1
      • the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag1
  9. the drag
    – something tedious and boring 1
    the drag
    – something tedious and boring 1
    • drag [the ~] noun
      • peeling potatoes is a drag1
  10. the drag
    – something that slows or delays progress 1
    the drag
    – something that slows or delays progress 1
    • drag [the ~] noun
      • taxation is a drag on the economy1
      • too many laws are a drag on the use of new land1
  11. the drag
    – the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid 1
    the drag; the retarding force
    – the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid 1

Related Words for "drag":

  • drags

Alternate Synonyms for "drag":


Related Definitions for "drag":

  1. the act of dragging (pulling with force)1
    • the drag up the hill exhausted him1
  2. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)1
    • he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly1
  3. clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)1
    • he went to the party dressed in drag1
    • the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag1
  4. something tedious and boring1
    • peeling potatoes is a drag1
  5. something that slows or delays progress1
    • taxation is a drag on the economy1
    • too many laws are a drag on the use of new land1
  6. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid1
  7. proceed for an extended period of time1
    • The speech dragged on for two hours1
  8. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting1
    • He dragged me away from the television set1
  9. suck in or take (air)1
  10. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost1
  11. pull, as against a resistance1
    • He dragged the big suitcase behind him1
    • These worries were dragging at him1
  12. draw slowly or heavily1
  13. walk without lifting the feet1
  14. to lag or linger behind1
    • But in so many other areas we still are dragging1
  15. move slowly and as if with great effort1
  16. use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu1
    • drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen1
  17. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action1
    • don't drag me into this business1
  18. To move an item on the screen by selecting the item and then pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse.2

Related Synonyms for drag