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Sounds | drae'g |
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Rhymes | Ag, bag, brag, and 28 more rhymes in aeg at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. |
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Synonyms | retarding force |
Narrower | sonic barrier, sound barrier; windage |
Broader | resistance |
Meaning | Something that slows or delays progress. |
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Examples | "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land" |
Broader | hindrance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap |
Meaning | Something tedious and boring. |
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Examples | "peeling potatoes is a drag" |
Broader | tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness |
Usage | colloquialism |
Meaning | Clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man). |
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Examples | "he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag" |
Broader | clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear |
Meaning | A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke). |
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Examples | "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
Synonyms | puff, pull |
Part of | smoke, smoking |
Narrower | toke |
Broader | inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in |
Verbs | drag |
Meaning | The act of dragging (pulling with force). |
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Examples | "the drag up the hill exhausted him" |
Broader | pull, pulling |
Verbs | drag; drag |
Meaning | Pull, as against a resistance. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
Examples | "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
Narrower | shlep, schlep, pull along; trail, train |
Broader | pull, draw, force |
See also | drag in |
Nouns | dragger; drag |
Meaning | Draw slowly or heavily. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | haul, hale, cart |
Narrower | bowse, bouse |
Broader | pull, draw, force |
Nouns | dragger; drag; dragger |
Meaning | Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Examples | "don't drag me into this business" |
Synonyms | embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag in |
Broader | involve |
Meaning | Move slowly and as if with great effort. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
Meaning | To lag or linger behind. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" |
Synonyms | trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind |
Broader | lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind |
Meaning | Suck in or take (air). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | puff, draw |
Entails | smoke |
Broader | inhale, inspire, breathe in |
Nouns | drag |
Meaning | Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen" |
Broader | move, displace |
Meaning | Walk without lifting the feet. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Model | The children drag to the playground |
Synonyms | scuff |
Broader | shuffle, scuffle, shamble |
Meaning | Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | The men drag the area for animals; The men drag for animals in the area |
Synonyms | dredge |
Broader | search, seek, look for |
Meaning | Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Examples | "He dragged me away from the television set" |
Broader | persuade |
Meaning | Proceed for an extended period of time. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
Synonyms | drag on, drag out |
Broader | proceed, go |