
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)dragsomething that slows or delays progress“taxation is a drag on the economy”,
“too many laws are a drag on the use of new land” (n)dragsomething tedious and boring“peeling potatoes is a drag” (n)dragclothing 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” (n)puff, drag, pulla slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)“he took a puff on his pipe”,
“he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly” (n)dragthe act of dragging (pulling with force)“the drag up the hill exhausted him” Verbs
(v)dragpull, as against a resistance“He dragged the big suitcase behind him”,
“These worries were dragging at him” (v)embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag inforce into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action“They were swept up by the events”,
“don't drag me into this business” (v)dragmove slowly and as if with great effort (v)puff, drag, drawsuck in or take (air)“draw a deep breath”,
“draw on a cigarette” (v)draguse an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it“drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen” (v)dredge, dragsearch (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost (v)dragpersuade to come away from something attractive or interesting“He dragged me away from the television set” (v)drag, drag on, drag outproceed for an extended period of time“The speech dragged on for two hours”