Meaning of "drag" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DRAG

Old English dragan to draw; related to Swedish dragga.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DRAG

drag  [dræɡ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAG

Drag is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb drag in English.

WHAT DOES DRAG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drag in the English dictionary

The first definition of drag in the dictionary is to pull or be pulled with force, esp along the ground or other surface. Other definition of drag is to persuade to come away. Drag is also to trail or cause to trail on the ground.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DRAG

PRESENT

Present

I drag

you drag

he/she/it drags

we drag

you drag

they drag

Present continuous

I am dragging

you are dragging

he/she/it is dragging

we are dragging

you are dragging

they are dragging

Present perfect

I have dragged

you have dragged

he/she/it has dragged

we have dragged

you have dragged

they have dragged

Present perfect continuous

I have been dragging

you have been dragging

he/she/it has been dragging

we have been dragging

you have been dragging

they have been dragging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I dragged

you dragged

he/she/it dragged

we dragged

you dragged

they dragged

Past continuous

I was dragging

you were dragging

he/she/it was dragging

we were dragging

you were dragging

they were dragging

Past perfect

I had dragged

you had dragged

he/she/it had dragged

we had dragged

you had dragged

they had dragged

Past perfect continuous

I had been dragging

you had been dragging

he/she/it had been dragging

we had been dragging

you had been dragging

they had been dragging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will drag

you will drag

he/she/it will drag

we will drag

you will drag

they will drag

Future continuous

I will be dragging

you will be dragging

he/she/it will be dragging

we will be dragging

you will be dragging

they will be dragging

Future perfect

I will have dragged

you will have dragged

he/she/it will have dragged

we will have dragged

you will have dragged

they will have dragged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been dragging

you will have been dragging

he/she/it will have been dragging

we will have been dragging

you will have been dragging

they will have been dragging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would drag

you would drag

he/she/it would drag

we would drag

you would drag

they would drag

Conditional continuous

I would be dragging

you would be dragging

he/she/it would be dragging

we would be dragging

you would be dragging

they would be dragging

Conditional perfect

I would have drag

you would have drag

he/she/it would have drag

we would have drag

you would have drag

they would have drag

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been dragging

you would have been dragging

he/she/it would have been dragging

we would have been dragging

you would have been dragging

they would have been dragging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you drag
we let´s drag
you drag

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to drag

Past participle

dragged

Present Participle

dragging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DRAG»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «drag» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of drag

annoyance · bore · bother · crawl · creep · dawdle · draggle · draw · hale · hang back · hassle · haul · inch · inconvenience · jerk · lag · linger · loiter · lug · nuisance · pain · pain in the arse · pain in the neck · pest · pull · straggle · tarry · tow · trail · tug · yank

TRANSLATION OF DRAG

Find out the translation of drag to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of drag from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drag» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 拖
• Translator English - Spanish: arrastrar
• English: drag
• Translator English - Hindi: खींचें
• Translator English - Arabic: يَجُرُّ
• Translator English - Russian: тащить
• Translator English - Portuguese: arrastar
• Translator English - Bengali: টানা
• Translator English - French: traîner
• Translator English - Malay: Seret
• Translator English - German: schleppen
• Translator English - Japanese: 引っ張る
• Translator English - Korean: (...을) 끌다
• Translator English - Javanese: Seret
• Translator English - Vietnamese: kéo lê
• Translator English - Tamil: இழுவை
• Translator English - Marathi: ड्रॅग
• Translator English - Turkish: sürüklemek
• Translator English - Italian: trascinare
• Translator English - Polish: pociągnąć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: тягти
• Translator English - Romanian: a târî
• Translator English - Greek: σέρνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: drag
• Translator English - Swedish: dra
• Translator English - Norwegian: trekke

10 QUOTES WITH «DRAG»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word drag.

1

Ken Adam

It takes courage to stay young, to make your enthusiasms work for you. Don't let anyone drag you down.

2

Mohamed Al-Fayed

You look after yourself. You believe in God. And if people want to drag you down, you fight that, and you keep on fighting.

3

Michael Andretti

If CART continues on, it's just going to drag all of open-wheel racing down.

4

Jean Baudrillard

To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.

5

Jimmy Carl Black

I know I didn't like that dress 'cause it didn't fit but I thought it was a great picture. We weren't the first band to do a picture in drag; The Rolling Stones were. If it was good enough for them then it had to be good enough for us.

6

Ronald Blythe

Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.

7

Kevin Brady

And again, President Obama's health care plan really is another drag on the economy. Until we get Washington out of the way, this president's recovery is going to continue to rank dead last.

8

Solomon Burke

You gotta do it with class and integrity. If not, you're gonna drag yourself through the mud.

9

Ellen Burstyn

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.

10

Anne Carson

We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAG»

Discover the use of drag in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drag and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Drag Racing 101: From Building Your First Race Car to ...

This 90 page book has over 85 color assembly pictures of: engines, fuel system, exhaust, rollbar, seats, and suspension, we also include sponsor artwork getting applied and some other fun pictures.

Ike Heckler, 2010

Drag Bike Racing in Britain: From the Mid 60s to the Mid 80s

This book showcases amazing machines and their riders in the ultimate acceleration sport – drag bike racing.

Keith Lee, 2010

The drag king book

First book on drag kings--women who dress up as men

Del LaGrace Volcano, Judith Halberstam, 1999

How to Build a Winning Drag Race Chassis and SuspensionHP1462

This definitive guide includes in-depth sections on chassis fabrication, rear axle selection and setup, rear and front suspension, shocks and springs, brakes, steering, and wheels and tires.

Wayne Scraba, 2007

Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret

A professor of womens studies teams up with a professor of sociology to present this animated romp through a time-honored American sub-culture, carrying readers backstage to witness the costumes, music, pomp and circumstance of Americas ...

Leila J. Rupp, Verta A. Taylor, 2003

Drag Racing

Introduces the sport of drag racing, discusses different kinds of cars and races, and portrays some of the superstars of the sport

Jay H. Smith, 1994

Ethnic Drag: Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany

An exploration of the West German attempt to repress and refashion concepts of "race" after the Holocaust

Katrin Sieg, 2002

Lost Drag Strips: Ghosts of Quarter Miles Past

For whatever reason, they are no longer in business, but evidence of their former existence still remains. This book takes a look at many of the lost quarter-mile tracks across the country.

Tommy Lee Byrd, 2013

High Performance: The Culture and Technology of Drag Racing, ...

A lively illustrated history of drag racing revisits the roots of unofficial racing in the 1950s and traces its evolution on the stretch and in American mythology. Original.

Robert C. Post, 2001

Junior Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan

Stock-class drag racing is celebrated in this book, with hundreds of vintage colour photographs showing the way it used to be. The text documents the sudden rise in popularity of stock-class racing and the reason for it's fall.

Doug Boyce, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drag is used in the context of the following news items.

Nightclubs bring regular drag queen shows to Waco

A performer stomps the stage at Connect NightClub, 2812 N. 19th St., which now hosts regular drag shows, drawing performers from Waco and ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»

Nightclubs bring regular drag shows to Waco

A performer stomps the stage at Connect NightClub, 2812 N. 19th St., which now hosts regular drag shows, drawing performers from Waco and ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»

Summer Budget: Growth drag from fiscal tightening to ease by 2016

George Osborne's decision to smooth the pace of austerity has pushed down the growth outlook for this year — but nudged it upwards slightly ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

Real Madrid expect David De Gea transfer to drag into final days of …

Real Madrid expect David De Gea's protracted move from Manchester United to rumble on into the "final days of the summer transfer window," ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

Transform your look with Miss Fame's fabulous drag queen makeup …

Drag queens are known for their masterful makeup and flawless portrayals of femininity. Their looks are enough to make any woman wonder ... «Mashable, Jul 15»

'It's like looking at myself in drag': Adopted brother and sister …

He was having difficulty looking for his birth certificate in Joyce House, the office of the civil registration service in Dublin 2, when he rang his ... «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»

Oil prices bounce but oversupply, demand worries drag

Oil prices bounce but oversupply, demand worries drag. Crude oil prices bounced on Thursday following losses earlier in the week, with ... «Financial Express, Jul 15»

Defense: Client's speed just one factor in drag-racing deaths

Police said Akhmedov, 24, was drag racing with Ahmen Holloman, 32, who was driving a souped-up white 1994 Honda Civic, when Akhmedov ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»

Skin Wars season 2 episode 4 recap: Drag Queens are here!

Drag queens! I see some AWESOME queens that are going to mess with these painters heads. Who's walking children in nature? Anyone? «Channel Guide Magazine, Jul 15»

What if the Iran negotiations drag on?

Now it seems there might not be an Iran deal after all. The Wall Street Journal reports: “International powers negotiating a nuclear deal with Iran ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»