Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - drag
Drag
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v. & n. --v. (dragged, dragging) 1 tr. pull along with effort or difficulty. 2 a tr. allow (one's feet, tail, etc.) to trail along the ground. b intr. trail along the ground. c intr. (of time etc.) go or pass heavily or slowly or tediously. 3 a intr. (usu. foll. by for) use a grapnel or drag (to find a drowned person or lost object). b tr. search the bottom of (a river etc.) with grapnels, nets, or drags. 4 tr. (often foll. by to) colloq. take (a person to a place etc., esp. against his or her will). 5 intr. (foll. by on, at) draw on (a cigarette etc.). 6 intr. (often foll. by on) continue at tedious length. --n. 1 a an obstruction to progress. b Aeron. the longitudinal retarding force exerted by air. c slow motion; impeded progress. d an iron shoe for retarding a horse-drawn vehicle downhill. 2 colloq. a boring or dreary person, duty, performance, etc. 3 a a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox. b a hunt using this. 4 an apparatus for dredging or recovering drowned persons etc. from under water. 5 = drag-net. 6 sl. a draw on a cigarette etc. 7 sl. a women's clothes worn by men. b a party at which these are worn. c clothes in general. 8 an act of dragging. 9 a sl. a motor car. b (in full drag race) an acceleration race between cars usu. for a quarter of a mile. 10 US sl. influence, pull. 11 US sl. a street or road (the main drag). 12 hist. a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses. Phrases and idioms drag anchor (of a ship) move from a moored position when the anchor fails to hold. drag-anchor n. = sea anchor. drag one's feet (or heels) be deliberately slow or reluctant to act. drag-hound a hound used to hunt with a drag. drag in introduce (a subject) irrelevantly. drag-line an excavator with a bucket pulled in by a wire rope. drag-net 1 a net drawn through a river or across ground to trap fish or game. 2 a systematic hunt for criminals etc. drag out protract. drag queen sl. a male homosexual transvestite. drag up colloq. 1 deliberately mention (an unwelcome subject). 2 rear (a child) roughly and without proper training. Etymology: ME f. OE dragan or ON draga DRAW
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I. noun see: draw Date: 14th century something used to ~ with, something that is ~ged, pulled, or drawn along or over a surface: as, harrow, a sledge for conveying heavy bodies, conveyance, 3. the act or an instance of ~ging or drawing: as, a drawing along or over a surface with effort or pressure, motion effected with slowness or difficulty, a draw on a pipe, cigarette, or cigar, a movement, inclination, or retardation caused by or as if by ~ging, influence securing special favor ; pull, 4. something that retards motion, action, or advancement, b. the retarding force acting on a body (as an airplane) moving through a fluid (as air) parallel and opposite to the direction of motion, friction between engine parts, burden, encumbrance , one that is boring or gets in the way of enjoyment , 5. an object drawn over the ground to leave a scented trail, a clog fastened to a trap to prevent the escape of a trapped animal, street, road , 7. costume, outfit , clothing typical of one sex worn by a person of the opposite sex, ~ race, II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to draw slowly or heavily ; haul, to cause (as oneself) to move with slowness or difficulty , to cause to trail along a surface , b. to bring by or as if by force or compulsion , to extract by or as if by pulling, protract , 2. to pass a ~ over , to explore with a ~ , to catch with a ~net, to hit (a ~ bunt) while moving toward first base, to move (items on a computer screen) especially by means of a mouse, intransitive verb to hang or lag behind, to fish or search with a ~, to trail along on the ground, 4. to move slowly because of fatigue , to proceed or continue laboriously or tediously , draw 4a , to make a plucking or pulling movement, to participate in a ~ race, ~gingly adverb III. adjective Date: 1887 of, being, involving, or intended for a person in ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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