drag
To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficultyTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
Meaning
17 senses(transitive)To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
Let's drag this load of wood over to the shed.
The misbehaving child was dragged out of the classroom.
schleifen, schleppen, zerren
таска́тьtaskátʹ, тащи́тьtaščítʹ, волочи́тьvoločítʹ
тяга́тиtjaháty, тягну́тиtjahnúty, тягти́tjahtý
To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
Time seems to drag when you're waiting for a bus.
a. 1732, John Gay, epistle to a Lady Long, open panegyric drags at best.
draw slowly or heavily
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
Drag the file into the window to open it.
sich ziehen, sich dahinziehen, ziehen
тащи́тьсяtaščítʹsja, волочи́тьсяvoločítʹsja
To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.
To hit or kick off target.
To fish with a dragnet.
To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
(figuratively)To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
Examples
477 sentencesDon't drag me into this.
Не втягуй мене в це. — deniko
ruНе втягивай меня в это. — odexed
deZieh mich da nicht mit rein. — mks
Don't be such a drag.
Не будь таким занудним. — deniko
ruНе будь таким занудой. — marafon
Tom was dragged into the cave.
Тома затягли до печери. — deniko
ruТома затащили в пещеру. — scriptin
Tom has been dragging his feet.
Том затягує час. — deniko
Don't you drag me into this.
ruНе впутывай меня в это. — odexed
deZieh mich da nicht mit herein. — mrtaistoi
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), cFrom Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
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Forms
drags, dragging, dragged, draggedPhrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- drag outтягнути, тягатиTo extend or lengthen excessively; to draw out.
- drag onтягнутися, тягтисяTo last too long.
- drag inтягнути, тягатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, in.
- drag upTo remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
- drag downTo cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.
- drag intoTo involve a reluctant person with a difficult or dangerous situation.
Synonyms
92 synonyms- proceed for an extended period of time:drag ondrag out
- to lag or linger behind:trailget behindhang backdrop behinddrop back
- suck in or take (air):puffdraw
- search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost:dredge
- walk without lifting the feet:scuff
- draw slowly or heavily:haulhalecart
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
28 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- got dragged into
- dragged into this
- got dragged
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.