drag, n.
(drags)
freq. cnt. 1
(drags)
freq. cnt. 1
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
drag retarding force
the act of dragging (pulling with force)
<noun.act>
drag
sample sentences
"the drag up the hill exhausted him"
semantic pointers
hypernym
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
<noun.act>
drag puff pull
sample sentences
"he took a puff on his pipe""he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
part holonym
hypernym
hyponym
clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
<noun.artifact>
drag
sample sentences
"he went to the party dressed in drag""the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"
semantic pointers
hypernym
something tedious and boring
<noun.attribute>
drag
sample sentences
"peeling potatoes is a drag"
something that slows or delays progress
<noun.cognition>
drag
sample sentences
"taxation is a drag on the economy""too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"
semantic pointers
hypernym