[draɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty
(e.g: we dragged the boat up the beach)

- (of time) pass slowly and tediously
(e.g: the day dragged—eventually it was time for bed)

- move (an image, icon, etc.) across a display screen using a mouse, trackpad, one’s fingers, etc.
(e.g: you can move the icons into this group by dragging them in with the mouse)

- engage in a drag race
(e.g: they were caught dragging on Francis Lewis Blvd)


Phrases:
- drag one's feet

Origin:
Middle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel’

[draɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty
(e.g: the drag of the current)

- a boring or tiresome person or thing
(e.g: working nine to five can be a drag)

- an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette
(e.g: he took a long drag on his cigarette)

- clothing more conventionally worn by the other sex, especially exaggeratedly feminine clothing, makeup, and hair adopted by a man
(e.g: a fashion show, complete with men in drag)

- a street or road
(e.g: the main drag is wide but there are few vehicles)

- a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water

- a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox

- influence over other people
(e.g: they had the education but they didn't have the drag)

- one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes usually played with the other stick


- a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses


Phrases:
- drag one's feet

Origin:
Middle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel’