1.  drag(n = noun.phenomenon) retarding force - the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid; Array
is a kind of resistance
has particulars: sonic barrier, sound barrier, windage

2.  drag(n = noun.cognition) Array - 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"
is a kind of balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

3.  drag(n = noun.attribute) Array - something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
is a kind of tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness

4.  drag(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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"
is a kind of article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable

5.  drag(n = noun.act) puff, pull - 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"
is a kind of aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration, intake
is a part of smoke, smoking
has particulars: toke
Derived form verb drag₆

6.  drag(n = noun.act) Array - the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
is a kind of pull, pulling
Derived forms verb drag₁, verb drag₂

1.  drag(v = verb.contact) Array - pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
is one way to draw, force, pull
Derived forms noun drag₆, noun dragger₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

2.  drag(v = verb.contact) cart, hale, haul - draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets"
is one way to draw, force, pull
Derived forms noun drag₆, noun dragger₂, noun dragger₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

3.  drag(v = verb.stative) drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle - 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"
is one way to involve
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP

4.  drag(v = verb.motion) Array - move slowly and as if with great effort; Array
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

5.  drag(v = verb.motion) drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
is one way to dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

6.  drag(v = verb.consumption) draw, puff - suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
is one way to breathe in, inhale, inspire
Derived form noun drag₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

7.  drag(v = verb.motion) Array - 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"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

8.  drag(v = verb.motion) scuff - walk without lifting the feet; Array
is one way to scuffle, shamble, shuffle
Sample sentences: The children drag to the playground

9.  drag(v = verb.contact) dredge - search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost; Array
is one way to look for, search, seek
Sample sentences: The men drag the area for animals ; The men drag for animals in the area

10.  drag(v = verb.communication) Array - persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
is one way to persuade
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody PP

11.  drag(v = verb.change) drag on, drag out - proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
is one way to go, proceed
Sample sentences: Something ----s

drag, v. & n.
--v. (dragged, dragging)
1 tr. pull along with effort or difficulty.
2 a tr. allow (one's feet, tail, etc.) to trail along the ground. b intr. trail along the ground. c intr. (of time etc.) go or pass heavily or slowly or tediously.
3 a intr. (usu. foll. by for) use a grapnel or drag (to find a drowned person or lost object). b tr. search the bottom of (a river etc.) with grapnels, nets, or drags.
4 tr. (often foll. by to) colloq. take (a person to a place etc., esp. against his or her will).
5 intr. (foll. by on, at) draw on (a cigarette etc.).
6 intr. (often foll. by on) continue at tedious length.
--n.
1 a an obstruction to progress. b Aeron. the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air. c slow motion; impeded progress. d an iron shoe for retarding a horse-drawn vehicle downhill.
2 colloq. a boring or dreary person, duty, performance, etc.
3 a a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox. b a hunt using this.
4 an apparatus for dredging or recovering drowned persons etc. from under water.
5 = drag-net.
6 sl. a draw on a cigarette etc.
7 sl. a women's clothes worn by men. b a party at which these are worn. c clothes in general.
8 an act of dragging.
9 a sl. a motor car. b (in full drag race) an acceleration race between cars usu. for a quarter of a mile.
10 US sl. influence, pull.
11 US sl. a street or road (the main drag).
12 hist. a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.

Idiom:
drag anchor (of a ship) move from a moored position when the anchor fails to hold. drag-anchor n. = sea anchor. drag one's feet (or heels) be deliberately slow or reluctant to act. drag-hound a hound used to hunt with a drag. drag in introduce (a subject) irrelevantly. drag-line an excavator with a bucket pulled in by a wire rope. drag-net
1 a net drawn through a river or across ground to trap fish or game.
2 a systematic hunt for criminals etc. drag out protract. drag queen sl. a male homosexual transvestite.
drag up colloq.
1 deliberately mention (an unwelcome subject).
2 rear (a child) roughly and without proper training.

Etymology:
ME f. OE dragan or ON draga DRAW

VB  induce, move, draw, draw on, bring in its train, give an impulse, to, inspire, put up to, prompt, call up, attract, beckon, stimulate, spirit up, inspirit, rouse, arouse, animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate, act upon, work upon, operate upon, encourage, pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder, influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate, lead by the nose, have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon, go round, come round one, turn the head, magnetize, lobby, persuade, prevail with, prevail upon, overcome, carry, bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses, draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over, procure, enlist, engage, invite, court, tempt, seduce, overpersuade, entice, allure, captivate, fascinate, bewitch, carry away, charm, conciliate, wheedle, coax, lure, inveigle, tantalize, cajole, tamper with, bribe, suborn, grease the palm, bait with a silver hook, gild the pill, make things pleasant, put a sop into the pan, throw a sop to, bait the hook, enforce, force, impel, propel, whip, lash, goad, spur, prick, urge, egg on, hound, hurry on, drag, exhort, advise, call upon, press, advocate, set an example, set the fashion, keep in countenance, be persuaded, yield to temptation, come round, concede, obey a call, follow advice, follow the bent, follow the dictates of, act on principle.

N  hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

N  prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.

VB  transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.

N  vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van, common carrier, wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry, truck, tram, cariole, carriole, limber, tumbrel, pontoon, barrow, wheel barrow, hand barrow, perambulator, Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair, chaise, palankeen, palanquin, litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance, black Maria, conestoga wagon, conestoga wain, jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel, hobbyhorse, go-cart, cycle, bicycle, bike, two-wheeler, tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle, equipage, turn-out, coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka, berlin, sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse, jaunting car, outside car, dandi, doolie, dooly, munchil, palki, roller skates, skate, runabout, ski, tonjon, vettura, post chaise, diligence, stage, stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach, stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky, dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem, shandredhan, char-a-bancs, motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan, wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer, golf cart, electric wagon, taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab, station wagon, family car, motorcycle, motor bike, side car, van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus, truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor- trailer, road train, articulated vehicle, racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car, bob, bobsled, bobsleigh, cutter, double ripper, double runner, jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan, train, accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train, 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment, rolling stock, horse box, cattle truck, baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car, surface car, tram car, trolley car, box car, box wagon, horse car, bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express, luggage van, mail, mail car, mail van, shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe, spade, spaddle, loy, spud, pitchfork, post hole digger, tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller, pile driver, crane, wrecking crane.

VB  move slowly, creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter, plod, trudge, stump along, lumber, trail, drag, dawdle, grovel, worm one's way, steal along, job on, rub on, bundle on, toddle, waddle, wabble, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate, shamble, flag, falter, trotter, stagger, mince, step short, march in slow time, march in funeral procession, take one's time, hang fire, retard, relax, slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb, reef, strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail, put on the drag, apply the brake, clip the wings, reduce the speed, slacken speed, slacken one's pace, lose ground.

VB  draw, pull, haul, lug, rake, drag, tug, tow, trail, train, take in tow, wrench, jerk, twitch, touse, yank.

aerodynamic drag, coefficient of drag, drag a bunt, drag coefficient, drag down, drag in, drag on, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, drag out, drag through the mud, drag up, main drag