1. (

• drag

) pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" ;

2. (

• haul ,
• hale ,
• cart ,
• drag ,

) draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" ;

3. (

• embroil ,
• tangle ,
• sweep ,
• sweep_up ,
• drag ,
• drag_in

) 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" ;

4. (

• drag ,

) move slowly and as if with great effort ;

5. (

• drag ,
• trail ,
• get_behind ,
• hang_back ,
• drop_behind ,
• drop_back ,

) to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" ;

6. (

• puff ,
• drag ,
• draw ,

) suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" ;

7. (

• drag ,

) 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. (

• scuff ,
• drag ,

) walk without lifting the feet ;

9. (

• dredge ,
• drag ,

) search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost ;

10. (

• drag

) persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set" ;

11. (

• drag ,
• drag_on ,
• drag_out

) proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours" ;

1. (

• dragging

) marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war" ;