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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. --Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down --Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along --Pope. 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. Then while I dragged my brains for such a song. --Tennyson. 3. To draw along as something burdensome; hence to pass in pain or with difficulty. Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden. {To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom when the anchor will not hold the ship. Syn: See {Draw}. From WordNet r 1.6 [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"
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