Word Finder - dragging

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To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

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Let's drag this load of wood over to the shed.

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To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

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Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus.

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To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

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To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

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To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

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To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.

example

Drag the file into the window to open it.

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(chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.

example

The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.

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To hit or kick off target.

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To fish with a dragnet.

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To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

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To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

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• harrow

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To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

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To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).

example

You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you.

synonyms

• criticize

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To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

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An instance of something being dragged.

Stop dragging your feet.

She climbed the hill with dragging steps.

He snatched her around the waist and laughed, dragging her onto the bed with him.

Come on, Ully.  If you keep dragging your feet, we won't make it.

Dragging her mind kicking and screaming back from desire, she sighed.

Maybe you should stop dragging my kids into this mess!

Rhyn ignored the demon and left the cell block, returning to the hallway before opening a portal.  He crossed through the shadow world to the beach of the Caribbean Sanctuary.  Toby was dragging Kiki up the beach by one leg.

Katie said, dragging her sister toward the window.

The prisoner ducked down just outside the doorway, dragging her with him.

He rose and hauled her to her feet, all but dragging her into the hall.

Dean made a move toward her, but she scurried out the door with a loud laugh, still naked, dragging her white dress behind her.

The hen scrambled, dragging a broken wing and squawking her anguish.

I want you to come to me all sweet and willing - without dragging Josh along.

Aside from the chunks missing along the edges from the townspeople dragging it, it looked like it was in good shape.

I'm the one who should be apologizing - for dragging you into this.

She clutched at him, and he tightened his grip around her, dragging their bodies together.

As long as there wasn't a body, Dean could never be sure Jeffrey Byrne wouldn't jump out of the past and yell, "April Fool!" dragging Cynthia Byrne back to home and hearth.

When I got to the top of the stairs, they must have been hiding back of the door 'cause the next thing I knew they had a towel over my head and were dragging me into the bathroom.

With the obstruction removed, water plunged down the creek bed, dragging debris with it.

Vara gave a flurry of urgent words in the foreign tongue, succeeding in dragging him to the edge of the forest before Taran yanked free.

In August, Sinan Pasha, the grand vizier - now eighty years of age - took command of the troops for the Hungarian War and left Constantinople, dragging with him the Austrian ambassador in chains.

Early one morning, we are told, in the fourth month, he got up, and with his hands behind his back, dragging his staff, he moved about his door, crooning over " The great mountain must crumble, The strong beam must break, The wise man must wither away like a plant."

In vain did the malcontent princes attempt to set up a new League of Public Weal, the Guerre folle (Mad War), in which the duke of Brittany, Francis II., played the part of Charles the Bold, dragging in the people of Lorraine and the king of Navarre, In vain did Charles VIII., his majority attained, at once abandon in the treaty of Sable the benefits gained by the victory of Saint-Aubin du Cormier (1488).

Gladiators lumbered toward one another, dragging their weighty hoses like giant pythons, heads down, intent on wreaking mayhem on their opponents while the combatant did the same to them.

In the meantime the colony at Buenos Aires had been dragging on a miserable existence, and after terrible sufferings from famine and from the ceaseless attacks of the Indians, the remaining settlers abandoned the place and made their way up the river first to Corpus Christi, then to Asuncion.

The fairies promised obedience, and were off in a twinkling, dragging the heavy jars and vases along after them as well as they could, now and then grumbling a little at having such a hard task, for they were idle fairies and loved to play better than to work.

Cats have an insatiable need to mark the places they claim for their own by dragging their nails down every inch and depositing their own unique signature from the scent glands in their pads.

What's more, taking a shuttle service beats dragging your luggage onto mass transit options, such as the bus, cable cars, or BART.

Talon got out then reached in and snatched her, dragging her out.

The Black God snatched her ankle, dragging her back.

After the brilliant victory of Roccasecca (May 19, 1411) he had the satisfaction of dragging the standards of Pope Gregory and King Ladislaus through the streets of Rome.

It seemed there was always something dragging him away - usually work.

Jonny was once again a human, albeit one that deserved a beating for dragging a sister as sweet and innocent as Bianca into Talon's grip.

Damian froze as he saw the photo of Czerno dragging Sofia to a car.

Katie.s dormant maternal instinct roared to life, and she dived at Toby, snatching his legs to keep the jaguar from dragging him fully into the forest.

Dragging a blanket to the warm fire in the hearth, she wrapped herself in it and sat.

Dean asked, not only trying to be polite but in hopes of dragging the conversation away from the occult, the celestial and the just plain weird.

I want to kick the crap out of you for dragging me out of bed!

I just feel like a bastard for dragging her and her son into something that has nothing to do with them.

Try to keep Jonny focused on his vamps and not on dragging me to his bed.

There was a slight altercation, then the guards came out again dragging a limp form.

If you press the Ctrl key while dragging a handle, the selection rectangle maintains the same aspect ratio it originally had.

Score along the fold lines by dragging something like a pair of blunt scissors or an empty biro along the edge of a ruler.

Think a dragging romantic performance of Handel's Messiah, or " village church " Anglican chant.

I like to practice slow riding skills, dragging the back brake & slipping the clutch.

Firstly dragging the text cursor over the text selects " ere is a " .

The control points on the cooling passage may be edited through the pop-up dialog or dragging the points using left mouse button.

We talked to most of the people in the tented encampments - Jane had to keep dragging me away!

You may notice that you will tend to trip while walking up stairs or dragging your feet and tend to have a wide-based gait.

That was when she noticed Old Charlie standing beside the house, the reins dragging the ground.