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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dragged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Dragging}.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with
     a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same
     word as E. draw. ? See {Draw}.]
     1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground
        by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing


        heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with
        labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag
        stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
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              Dragged by the cords which through his feet were
              thrust.                               --Denham.
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              The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
              thee down.                            --Tennyson.
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              A needless Alexandrine ends the song
              That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
              along.                                --Pope.
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     2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to
        harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or
        other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
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              Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
        pain or with difficulty.
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              Have dragged a lingering life.        -- Dryden.
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     {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom
        when the anchor will not hold the ship.
  
     Syn: See {Draw}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dragging \dragging\ adj.
     painfully or tediously slow and boring; as, the dragging
     minutes.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  drag
       n 1: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid [syn:
             {retarding force}]
       2: something that slows or delays progress; "taxation is a drag
          on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of
          new land"
       3: something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
       4: clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex
          (especially women's clothing when worn by a man); "he went
          to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like
          missionaries in drag"
       5: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on
          his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled
          the smoke slowly" [syn: {puff}, {pull}]
       6: the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the
          hill exhausted him"
       v 1: pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase
            behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
       2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: {haul},
           {hale}, {cart}]
       3: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
          action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me
          into this business" [syn: {embroil}, {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep
          up}, {drag in}]
       4: move slowly and as if with great effort
       5: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we
          still are dragging" [syn: {trail}, {get behind}, {hang
          back}, {drop behind}]
       6: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
          cigarette" [syn: {puff}, {draw}]
       7: use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select
          commands from a menu; "drag this icon to the lower right
          hand corner of the screen"
       8: walk without lifting the feet [syn: {scuff}]
       9: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
          valuable or lost [syn: {dredge}]
       10: persuade to come away from something attractive or
           interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
       11: proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged
           on for two hours" [syn: {drag on}, {drag out}]
       [also: {dragging}, {dragged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dragging
       adj 1: marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was a
              strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"
       2: passing painfully or tediously slowly; "the dragging
          minutes"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dragging
       See {drag}

















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