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Parts of Speech: noun
1914 a battle in World War I ; decisive German victory over the Russians
drag
Definition: Meaning of, drag in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation: / draɡ /
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pull something [transitive] to pull something along the ground, often because it is too heavy to carry
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pull somebody [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to pull someone somewhere where they do not want to go, in a way that is not gentle
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drag yourself to/into/out of etc something informal to move somewhere with difficulty, especially because you are ill, tired, or unhappy
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persuade somebody to come [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informal if you drag someone somewhere, you persuade or force them to come with you when they do not want to
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computer [transitive] to move words, pictures etc on a computer screen by pulling them along with the MOUSE
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be boring [intransitive] if time or an event drags, it seems to go very slowly because nothing interesting is happening
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touch the ground [intransitive] if something is dragging along the ground, part of it is touching the ground as you move
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drag your feet/heels informal to take too much time to do something because you do not want to do it
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drag a lake/river etc to look for something in a lake, river etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom
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drag somebody's name through the mud to tell people about the bad things that someone has done, so that they will have a bad opinion of them
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drag somebody through the courts to force someone to go to a court of law, especially in order to make them have a bad experience because you are angry with them
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drag somebody kicking and screaming into something to force someone to do something that they do not want to - used humorously
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look as if you've been dragged through a hedge backwards to look very untidy - used humorously
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injured leg/foot [transitive] if you drag your leg, foot etc, you cannot lift it off the ground as you walk because it is injured
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a drag informal something or someone that is boring
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a drag informal something that is annoying and continues for a long time
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be a drag on somebody/something to make it hard for someone to make progress towards what they want
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[countable] the act of breathing in smoke from your cigarette
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in drag wearing clothes worn by the opposite sex, especially to entertain people
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[uncountable] the force of air that pushes against an aircraft or a vehicle that is moving forward
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the main drag American English informal the biggest or longest street that goes through a town
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drag used in phrases
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coefficient of drag
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the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
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the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
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drag a bunt
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baseball hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
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baseball hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
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drag coefficient
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the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
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the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body
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drag one's feet
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postpone doing what one should be doing
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postpone doing what one should be doing
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drag one's heels
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postpone doing what one should be doing
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postpone doing what one should be doing
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drag queen
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informal a HOMOSEXUAL man who dresses as a woman, especially to entertain people
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informal a HOMOSEXUAL man who dresses as a woman, especially to entertain people
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drag race
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a car race over a very short distance
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a car race over a very short distance
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drag through the mud
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speak unfavourably about
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speak unfavourably about
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knock-down-and-drag-out
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extremely violent
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extremely violent
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knock-down-drag-out
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a knock-down-drag-out argument or fight is an extremely angry or violent one
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a knock-down-drag-out argument or fight is an extremely angry or violent one
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drag used in phrasal verbs
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drag by
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if time drags by, it seems to pass very slowly
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if time drags by, it seems to pass very slowly
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drag down
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to cause someone’s social position or standards of behaviour to become worse, so that other people lose respect for them
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to make someone feel unhappy or less hopeful
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to cause someone’s social position or standards of behaviour to become worse, so that other people lose respect for them
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drag in
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to start talking about something that is not connected with what you are discussing and that other people do not want to talk about
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to make someone become involved in a situation when they do not want to
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to start talking about something that is not connected with what you are discussing and that other people do not want to talk about
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drag into
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drag someone into something to start talking about someone who is not connected with what you are discussing
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drag someone into something to make someone become involved in a situation when they do not want to
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drag someone into something to start talking about someone who is not connected with what you are discussing
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drag on
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to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary
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to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary
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drag out
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to make something continue for longer than necessary
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to make something continue for longer than necessary
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drag out of
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drag something out of someone to force or persuade someone to tell you something when they do not want to
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drag something out of someone to force or persuade someone to tell you something when they do not want to
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drag up
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to start talking about something when it is not necessary, usually something unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people want to forget
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to start talking about something when it is not necessary, usually something unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people want to forget
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