āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to drag
01
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to pull something with effort along a surface
Transitive: to drag sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The tractor easily drags the heavy logs through the forest.
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ˛āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻĄā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to move a piece of computer data, such as an image, across a computer or smartphone screen using the mouse or a finger
Transitive: to drag computer data [adj] | to drag computer data somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She decided to drag the image from the web browser directly into her presentation slides.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻŦ āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻĄā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to suck in or inhale air or smoke
Intransitive: to drag on a smoking tool
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The smoker took a deep breath and dragged on the cigarette.
āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻĒāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to move more slowly than the rest or to linger behind
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the day wore on, the energy of the team began to wane, causing a few members to drag during the meeting.
āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻ¤ āĻāĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ˛, āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to move in a slow and difficult manner
Transitive: to drag oneself somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The wounded soldier refused to give up and managed to drag himself to safety.
āĻāĻšāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to compel or force someone or something to come along against their will
Transitive: to drag sb somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The manager had to drag the team into a meeting to address the urgent project issues.
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
06
āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(of time) to move slowly and tediously, often leading to a sense of impatience or boredom
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The patient stared at the clock in the hospital room, feeling like time was dragging.
āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
07
āĻāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to criticize, insult, or call out someone harshly, often in a humorous or exaggerated way
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They dragged each other during the roast.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāĻ°āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
the action of pulling something along a surface with force
02
āĻāĻžāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§
the force exerted on an object moving through a fluid that opposes its motion
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Athletes wear streamlined clothing to minimize drag during competitions.
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĄā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻĄ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
a slow inhalation, as of smoke
04
clothing traditionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothing worn by men
05
a person or thing considered boring or tedious
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He 's such a drag at parties.
06
something that slows down or hinders progress
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The outdated software is a drag on productivity.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
dragger
dragging
drag
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
