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[dræg] verb I

1) [T] to pull something along with difficulty, especially something heavy

She dragged her suitcase down the path.[/ex]

2) [T] to pull someone strongly or violently when they do not want to go with you

I grabbed his arm and dragged him over to the window.[/ex]

3) [T] to make someone leave or go to a place when they do not want to

You dragged me away from my meeting just to tell me this![/ex]

4) [I] if something drags on or along the ground, it touches the ground as you move along, because it is too long or too heavy

I heard a chain dragging along the ground.[/ex]

5) [I] if time drags, it seems to pass very slowly

6) [T] computing

to move something across a computer screen using the MOUSE

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drag your feet — to do something very slowly because you do not really want to do it[/ex]

- drag sb into sth

- drag on

- drag sth out

II

noun

drag [dræg]

1) [singular] informal

something that is boring or annoying

2) [U] women's clothes worn by a man, or men's clothes worn by a woman

3) [C] an act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette