Definition of: drag

(drag) v. dragged, drag·ging v.t.
1. To pull along by main force; haul.
2. To sweep or search the bottom of, as with a net or grapnel; dredge.
3. To catch or recover, as with a grapnel or net.
4. To draw along heavily and wearily.
5. To harrow (land).
6. To protract; continue tediously: often with on or out.
7. To introduce (an irrelevant subject or matter) into a discussion, argument, etc.
—v.i.
8. To be pulled or hauled along; trail to or as to the ground.
9. To move heavily or slowly: The procession dragged along.
10. To lag behind: The tenor dragged in his part.
11. To pass slowly, as time.
12. To operate a dredge.
13. To cause a feeling of clutching or tugging: Worry dragged at him. See synonyms under DRAW.
—to drag one's feet U.S. Colloq. To act or work with deliberate slowness.
—noun
1. The act of dragging or that which drags or is dragged, as a grapple, a dredge, a dragnet; a brake or shoe for causing a carriage wheel to drag, as in going down a hill; a runnerless sled; a dragrope, as of a gun; hence, any clog or impediment.
2. A long, high, four–wheeled carriage; a four–in–hand coach.
3. A slow or difficult movement: to walk with a drag.
4. An artificial scent used in hunting, as an aniseed bag.
5. The scent or trail of a fox before it is found and started by the hounds: so called because originally the fox was hunted by the line of scent left by it on its return from a predatory expedition.
6. A draghunt.
7. Aeron. That component of the total air force acting on a body which is parallel to the relative wind: said of aircraft in flight.
8. The last of a herd of cattle; the stragglers.
9. Slang Influence resulting in special favors; pull.
10. Slang A puff of a cigarette.
11. U.S. Slang A dull, boring person or thing.
12. U.S. Slang Women's clothing worn by a man. [OE dragan; infl. in form by ON draga. Related to DRAW.]
DRAG
One type of drag; others are open–topped, usually drawn four horses.