dɹɔː dɹɔ ɪmˈbɹɔɪl hɔːl hɔl pʊl swiːp tɹeɪl the act of dragging (pulling with force) the drag up the hill exhausted him proceed for an extended period of time The speech dragged on for two hours persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting He dragged me away from the television set a 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 suck in or take (air) draw a deep breath draw on a cigarette search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost pull, as against a resistance He dragged the big suitcase behind him These worries were dragging at him draw slowly or heavily haul stones haul nets walk without lifting the feet to lag or linger behind But in so many other areas we still are dragging move slowly and as if with great effort use 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 force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action They were swept up by the events don't drag me into this business 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 something tedious and boring peeling potatoes is a drag 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 the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid