drag

drag
    n 1: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
         [syn: {drag}, {retarding force}]
    2: 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"
    3: something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
    4: 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"
    5: 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" [syn: {puff}, {drag}, {pull}]
    6: the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the
       hill exhausted him"
    v 1: pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase
         behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
    2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn:
       {haul}, {hale}, {cart}, {drag}]
    3: 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" [syn: {embroil}, {tangle}, {sweep},
       {sweep up}, {drag}, {drag in}]
    4: move slowly and as if with great effort
    5: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still
       are dragging" [syn: {drag}, {trail}, {get behind}, {hang
       back}, {drop behind}, {drop back}]
    6: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
       cigarette" [syn: {puff}, {drag}, {draw}]
    7: 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"
    8: walk without lifting the feet [syn: {scuff}, {drag}]
    9: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
       valuable or lost [syn: {dredge}, {drag}]
    10: persuade to come away from something attractive or
        interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
    11: proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged
        on for two hours" [syn: {drag}, {drag on}, {drag out}]
    

Drag \Drag\, n. [See 3d {Dredge}.]
   A confection; a comfit; a drug. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with
   a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same
   word as E. draw. ? See {Draw}.]
   1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground
      by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing
      heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with
      labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag
      stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
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            Dragged by the cords which through his feet were
            thrust.                               --Denham.
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            The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
            thee down.                            --Tennyson.
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            A needless Alexandrine ends the song
            That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
            along.                                --Pope.
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   2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to
      harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or
      other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
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            Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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   3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
      pain or with difficulty.
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            Have dragged a lingering life.        -- Dryden.
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   {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom
      when the anchor will not hold the ship.

   Syn: See {Draw}.
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Drag \Drag\, v. i.
   1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to
      trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the
      bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
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   2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance
      with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
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            The day drags through, though storms keep out the
            sun.                                  --Byron.
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            Long, open panegyric drags at best.   -- Gay.
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   3. To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
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            A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the
            vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can
            propel her.                           --Russell.
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   4. To fish with a dragnet.
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Drag \Drag\, n. [See {Drag}, v. t., and cf. {Dray} a cart, and
   1st {Dredge}.]
   1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
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   2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under
      water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
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   3. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind
      of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.
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   4. A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
      [Collog.] --Thackeray.
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   5. A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
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   6.
      (a) Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's
          progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a
          canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See {Drag
          sail} (below).
      (b) Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a
          carriage wheel.
      (c) Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to
          progress or enjoyment.
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                My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no
                drag.                             --J. D.
                                                  Forbes.
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   7. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if
      clogged. "Had a drag in his walk." -- Hazlitt.
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   8. (Founding) The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper
      part being the cope.
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   9. (Masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing
      of soft stone.
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   10. (Marine Engin.) The difference between the speed of a
       screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the
       ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects
       of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation
       under {Drag}, v. i., 3.
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   {Drag sail} (Naut.), a sail or canvas rigged on a stout
      frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in
      order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting;
      -- called also {drift sail}, {drag sheet}, {drag anchor},
      {sea anchor}, {floating anchor}, etc.

   {Drag twist} (Mining), a spiral hook at the end of a rod for
      cleaning drilled holes.
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drag and drop
drag
dragging

   A common method for manipulating files (and sometimes text)
   under a {graphical user interface} or {WIMP} environment.  The
   user moves the pointer over an icon representing a file and
   presses a mouse button.  He holds the button down while moving
   the pointer (dragging the file) to another place, usually a
   directory viewer or an icon for some {application program},
   and then releases the button (dropping the file).  The meaning
   of this action can often be modified by holding certain keys
   on the keyboard at the same time.

   Some systems also use this technique for objects other than
   files, e.g. portions of text in a {word processor}.

   The biggest problem with drag and drop is does it mean "copy"
   or "move"?  The answer to this question is not intuitively
   evident, and there is no consensus for which is the right
   answer.  The same vendor even makes it move in some cases and
   copy in others.  Not being sure whether an operation is copy
   or move will cause you to check very often, perhaps every time
   if you need to be certain.  Mistakes can be costly.  People
   make mistakes all the time with drag and drop.  {Human
   computer interaction} studies show a higher failure rate for
   such operations, but also a higher "forgiveness rate" (users
   think "silly me") than failures with commands (users think
   "stupid machine").  Overall, drag and drop took some 40 times
   longer to do than single-key commands.

   [Erik Naggum <[email protected]>]

   (2007-06-15)
    

403 Moby Thesaurus words for "drag":
      adduct, adduction, affinity, aggravation, allurement, amble,
      annoyance, arrest, artery, attract, attractance, attraction,
      attractiveness, attractivity, avenue, bad news, bag, bale, barge,
      be magnetic, be prolonged, bearing rein, bedevilment, bit, block,
      bore, bother, botheration, bothersomeness, boulevard, bowl along,
      brake, bundle, burden, burdening, burthen, buttonholer,
      capillarity, capillary attraction, cargo, cascade,
      centripetal force, chain, chain-smoke, charge, charging, chaw,
      check, checkrein, chew, chewing, chock, claudicate, clog, clout,
      clump, coax, coefficient of friction, confine, countercheck,
      crashing bore, crawl, creep, cumber, cumbrance, curb, curb bit,
      dab, daggle, dally, damper, dangle, dawdle, deadweight,
      deceleration, delay, depend, detain, detention, devilment,
      difficulty, dillydally, distract, dogging, dogtrot, doorstop,
      downer, drabble, draft, drag along, drag on, drag out, drag sail,
      draggle, drain, drape, draw, draw towards, drench, dress,
      drift anchor, drift sail, drip, drogue, droop, dryasdust, dub,
      dusty, ease-off, ease-up, encumbrance, equalize, even,
      exasperation, fall, fall behind, falter, favor, fetter, flag,
      flagging, flap, flat tire, flatten, flop, flounce, flow,
      fluid friction, foot, footslog, force of friction,
      force of viscosity, freight, friction head, friction loss,
      frictional resistance, frightful bore, gait, gallop, get behind,
      go dead slow, go on, go slow, goof off, grade, gravitation,
      gravity, grease, habitual smoking, hale, halt, handicap, hang,
      hang back, hang down, harassment, harrow, harrying, haul,
      have an attraction, headache, heave, highway, hinder, hippety-hop,
      hitch, hobble, hold back, hold up, holdback, holdup, hop, hounding,
      humdrum, idle, impede, in, inch, inch along, incubus, incumbency,
      induce, influence, inhale, inhale snuff, inside track, interest,
      internal friction, jog, jog-trot, jolt, jump, keep back, lading,
      lag, lag behind, lallygag, lay, laze, letdown, letup, level, limp,
      linger, linger behind, linger on, load, loading, lock step, loiter,
      lollygag, lop, lubricate, lug, lumber, lunge, lurch, lure, magnet,
      magnetism, magnetize, make late, martingale, millstone, mince,
      mincing steps, minus acceleration, molestation, mosey, mow,
      mutual attraction, nicotine addiction, nicotinism, nod, nuisance,
      obstruct, obstruction, oil, oppression, overload, overtaxing,
      overweighting, pace, paddle, path, peg, pelham, pend, persecution,
      persuade, pest, piaffe, piaffer, pill, plane, planish, plaster,
      plod, poke, poke along, potter, prance, pressure, problem,
      procrastinate, proser, puff, pull, pull towards, pulling power,
      put off, rack, remora, resistance, retard, retardation, retardment,
      road, roll, rolling friction, saddling, sag, sashay, saunter,
      scotch, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, sea anchor, setback, shackle,
      shamble, shave, shilly-shally, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle,
      single-foot, skin friction, skip, slack-up, slacken, slackening,
      sliding friction, slink, slip friction, slither, slog, slouch,
      slow down, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup,
      smoke, smoking, smoking habit, smooth, smooth down, smooth out,
      snaffle, snake, special favor, spoke, stagger, stagger along,
      stalk, stall, stamp, starting friction, static friction, stay,
      step, stomp, stop, straddle, straggle, strain, street, stride,
      stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, suction, superincumbency,
      surcharge, swag, swagger, swill, swing, sympathy, tabacism,
      tabacosis, tabagism, take in tow, take snuff, tarry, taxing,
      thoroughfare, tittup, tobaccoism, toddle, toddle along, totter,
      totter along, tow, track, traction, trail, trail behind, train,
      traipse, trammel, trawl, tread, trial, trip, troll, trot, trouble,
      trudge, tug, twaddler, velocity, vexation, vexatiousness, waddle,
      walk, wamble, waste time, way, wear on, weep, wet blanket, wheedle,
      wiggle, wobble, worm, worm along, worriment, worry