Definition of Drag

Verb: drag (dragged,dragging) drag

Pull, as against a resistance
"He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
Draw slowly or heavily
"drag stones";
- haul, hale [archaic], cart
Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
"don't drag me into this business";
- embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in
Move slowly and as if with great effort
To lag or linger behind
"But in so many other areas we still are dragging";
- trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
Suck in or take (air)
- puff, draw
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"
Walk without lifting the feet
- scuff
Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
- dredge
Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
"He dragged me away from the television set"
Proceed for an extended period of time
"The speech dragged on for two hours";
- drag on, drag out

Noun: drag drag

The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
- retarding force
Something that slows or delays progress
"taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"
Something tedious and boring
"peeling potatoes is a drag"
Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
"he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"
A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
"he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly";
- puff, pull
The act of dragging (pulling with force)
"the drag up the hill exhausted him"