Tra từ drag - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

drag [drag drags dragged dragging] verb, noun BrE [dræɡ] NAmE [dræɡ]
verb (-gg-)

PULL
1. transitive (+ adv.prep.) to pull sb/sth along with effort and difficulty
• I dragged the chair over to the window.
• They dragged her from her bed.
•The sack is too heavy to lift— you'll have to drag it.
•He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.

MOVE SLOWLY
2. transitive, intransitive to move yourself slowly and with effort
•~ yourself + adv./prep. I managed to drag myself out of bed.
•+ adv./prep. She always drags behind when we walk anywhere.

PERSUADE SB TO GO
3. transitive ~ sb/yourself + adv./prep. to persuade sb to come or go somewhere they do not really want to come or go to
•I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat.
•The party was so good I couldn't drag myself away.
•He came in, dragging his three children behind him.

OF TIME
4. intransitive (of time or an event)to pass very slowly
•Time dragged terribly.
•The meeting really dragged.
see also ↑drag on

TOUCH GROUND
5. intransitive, transitive to move, or make sth move, partly touching the ground
•This dress is too long— it drags on the ground when I walk.
•~ sth He was dragging his coat in the mud.

SEARCH RIVER
6. transitive ~ sth (for sb/sth) to search the bottom of a river, lake, etc. with nets or hooks
•They dragged the canal for the murder weapon.

COMPUTING
7. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to move some text, an ↑icon, etc. across the screen of a computer using the mouse
•Click on the file and drag it across.
more at pull/drag yourself up by your (own) bootstraps at ↑bootstrap
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel, a grappling hook’.

Thesaurus:
drag verb
1. T
•I dragged the chair over to the window.
haul • • pull • • trail • • tow • • tug • |written draw •
drag/haul/pull/trail/tow/tug/draw sth along/down/towards sth
drag/haul/pull/trail/tow/tug/draw sb/sth behind you
drag/pull/haul/draw a cart/sledge/sled
pull/haul/tow a truck
Drag or haul? You usually drag sth behind you along the ground; you usually haul sth towards you, often upwards:
•He reached down and hauled her up onto the ledge.
✗ He reached down and dragged her up onto the ledge. Dragging sth often needs effort; hauling sth always needs effort.
2. T
•I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat.
haul • • hustle • • bundle • • rush • |informal pack sb off •
drag/haul/hustle/bundle sb off/away (from sth)
drag/haul/hustle/bundle/rush sb out of sth
drag/haul yourself somewhere

Synonyms:
pull
drag • draw • haul • tow • tug
These words all mean to move sth in a particular direction, especially towards or behind you.
pull • to hold sth and move it in a particular direction; to hold or be attached to a vehicle and move it along behind you: ▪ Pull the chair nearer the table. ◇ ▪ They use oxen to pull their carts.
drag • to pull sb/sth in a particular direction or behind you, usually along the ground, and especially with effort: ▪ The sack is too heavy to lift— you'll have to drag it.
draw • (formal) to move sb/sth by pulling them/it gently; to pull a vehicle such as a carriage: ▪ I drew my chair closer to the fire. ◇ ▪ a ▪ horse-drawn ▪ carriage
haul • to pull sb/sth to a particular place with a lot of effort: ▪ Fishermen were hauling in their nets.
drag or haul?
You usually drag sth behind you along the ground; you usually haul sth towards you, often upwards towards you. Dragging sth often needs effort, but hauling sth always does.
tow • to pull a car, boat or light plane behind another vehicle, using a rope or chain: ▪ Our car was towed away by the police.
tug • to pull sb/sth hard in a particular direction: ▪ She tried to escape but he tugged her back.
to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow/tug sb/sth along/down/towards sth
to pull/drag/draw/haul/tow sb/sth behind you
to pull/drag/draw/haul a cart/sledge
to pull/draw a coach/carriage
to pull/haul/tow a truck
horses pull/draw/haul sth
dogs pull/drag/haul sth

Example Bank:
•He dragged himself back home.
•She dragged her eyes away from his.
•She managed to drag him clear of the wreckage.
•Some legal disputes drag on endlessly.
•The afternoon really dragged.
•They dragged her into the kitchen.
•Dogs drag the sledges for hundreds of miles across the snow.
•He managed to drag himself away from the crowd of reporters.
•I dragged myself out of bed and got a glass of water.
•I know you like hanging out in the mall, but I don't know why you have to drag me with you.
•I'm sorry to drag you all this way in the heat.
•It's time you dragged yourself away from that computer!
•My parents used to drag me to piano lessons when I was a kid.
•Police dragged protesters away from the embassy entrance.
•She dragged herself up the stairs by the banister.
•The sack is too heavy to lift— you'll have to drag it.
•They dragged him from the bed.
Idiom: ↑drag your feet
Derived: ↑drag by ▪ ↑drag on ▪ ↑drag somebody down ▪ ↑drag somebody in ▪ ↑drag somebody into something ▪ ↑drag something out ▪ ↑drag something out of somebody ▪ ↑drag something up

noun

BORING PERSON/THING
1. singular (informal)a boring person or thing; sth that is annoying
•He's such a drag.
•Walking's a drag— let's drive there.
•Having to work late every day is a drag.

SB/STH STOPPING PROGRESS
2. singular a ~ on sb/sth (informal)a person or thing that makes progress difficult
•He came to be seen as a drag on his own party's prospects.

ON CIGARETTE
3. countable (informal)an act of breathing in smoke from a cigarette, etc.
Syn: ↑draw
•She took a long drag on her cigarette.

WOMEN'S CLOTHES
4. uncountable (informal)clothes that are usually worn by the opposite sex (usually women's clothes worn by men)
•He performed in drag.
•a drag queen (= a man who dresses in women's clothes, usually in order to entertain people)

PHYSICS
5. uncountable the force of the air that acts against the movement of an aircraft or other vehicle
compare ↑lift
see also ↑main drag

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old English dragan or Old Norse draga ‘to draw’; the noun partly from Middle Low German dragge ‘grapnel, a grappling hook’.

Example Bank:
•It's a real drag having to go all the way to London for the interview.
•men in drag