drag by Definition

drag
verb dragged, dragging

1. To pull someone or something roughly or violently; to pull them or it along slowly and with force.

Thesaurus: transport, haul, move, tow, tug, pull, lug.
tr & intr
2. To move or make something move along scraping the ground.
3. colloq
To force or persuade them to come away.
Form: drag someone away (usually)
4. To search (eg a lake) with a hook or dragnet.

noun

1. An act of dragging; a dragging effect.

Thesaurus: suction, resistance, pull, friction, tow, curb.
2. A person or thing that makes progress slow.

Thesaurus: restraint, impediment, hindrance, burden, encumbrance.
3. colloq
A draw on a cigarette.
4. colloq
A dull or tedious person or thing.
Thesaurus: nuisance, trouble, pain, bother, annoyance, pest, bore.
5. colloq
Women's clothes worn by a man.
6. The resistance to motion that is encountered by an object travelling through a fluid, either in the form of a liquid or gas.

Idiom: drag one's feet (drag one's heels)

colloq
To delay; to be deliberately slow to take action.
Thesaurus: stall, delay, procrastinate.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon dragan.

Phrasal Verb: drag by

Said especially of time: to pass slowly.

Phrasal Verb: drag on

To proceed or continue slowly and tediously.

Phrasal Verb: drag something out

To make it last as long as possible.

Phrasal Verb: drag something up

To mention an unpleasant subject long forgotten or not usually introduced.