drag

  • 51drag on — verb 1. last unnecessarily long • Syn: ↑drag out • Hypernyms: ↑last, ↑endure • Verb Frames: Something s Something is ing PP 2. proc …

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  • 52drag — {{11}}drag (n.) c.1300, dragnet, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Swed. dragg grapnel ) or from O.E. dræge dragnet, related to dragan to draw (see DRAG (Cf. drag) (v.)). Sense of annoying, boring person or thing is 1813, perhaps from the… …

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  • 53drag — [c]/dræg / (say drag) verb (dragged, dragging) –verb (t) 1. to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail. 2. to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like. 3. Computers to move (text, a file, etc.) across a… …

  • 54drag — [[t]dræg[/t]] v. dragged, drag•ging, n. adj. 1) to draw slowly and with effort; haul 2) to search with a drag, grapnel, or the like: to drag a lake for a gun[/ex] 3) to smooth (land) with a drag or harrow 4) to introduce or insert: He drags his… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55drag — I drag 1. drag sb. (fk.), s, sene (mand der optræder i kvindekostume), i sms. drag , fx dragkunstner II drag 2. drag sb., et, drag, ene; tømme glasset i ét drag; et drag over nakken; et drag om munden; i fulde drag …

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  • 56drag — 1. n. something dull and boring. □ This day’s a drag. □ What a drag. Let’s go someplace interesting. 2. n. an annoying person; a burdensome person. (See also schlep.) □ Gert could sure be a drag when she wanted. □ …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 57drag — 01. The bag was too heavy for the child to carry, so he just [dragged] it along the road. 02. I heard you lost your job. That s a total [drag]. 03. The cat [dragged] a dead rat into the basement, and left it there. 04. Police are currently… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 58drag — i. That component of aerodynamic forces acting on the wing or the airfoil section, which is parallel and opposite to the relative airflow. The sources of drag are the pressure distribution patterns over the airfoil, called induced drag; the skin… …

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  • 59drag — verb (drags, dragging, dragged) 1》 pull along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.     ↘take (someone) somewhere, despite their reluctance.     ↘move (an image) across a computer screen using a mouse. 2》 trail along the ground.     ↘search… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60drág — a o tudi ó prid., drážji (ȃ á; drugi pomen ȃ) 1. ki stane veliko denarja: to je zelo drag stroj; živež je v mestu dražji kot na deželi; knjige so preveč drage, da bi jih mogel kupovati; draga stanovanja; drago vino; drag kot žafran zelo / ta… …

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