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Webster 1913 Edition
Drag
Drag
,Verb.
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
. [GREEK] 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,
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.
Syn. – See
Draw
. Drag
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.
2.
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
The day
drags
through, though storms keep out the sun. Byron.
Long, open panegyric
drags
at best. Gay.
3.
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
A propeller is said to
drag
when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her. Russell.
4.
To fish with a dragnet.
1.
The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.
2.
A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.
3.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart;
as, a stone
. drag
4.
A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.
[Collog.]
Thackeray.
5.
A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.
6.
(a)
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship’s progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See
Drag sail
(below). (b)
Also, a skid or shoe, for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
(c)
Hence, anything that retards; a clog; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no
drag
. J. D. Forbes.
7.
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
“Had a drag in his walk.” Hazlitt.
8.
(Founding)
The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.
9.
(Masonry)
A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
10.
(Marine Engin.)
The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel. See Citation under , 3.
Drag
, Verb.
I.
Drag sail
(Naut.)
, a sail or canvas rigged on a stout frame, to be dragged by a vessel through the water in order to keep her head to the wind or to prevent drifting; – called also
– drift sail
, drag sheet
, drag anchor
, sea anchor
, floating anchor
, etc. Drag twist
(Mining)
, a spiral hook at the end of a rod for cleaning drilled holes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drag
DRAG
,Verb.
T.
1.
To pull; to haul; to draw along the ground by main force; applied particularly to drawing heavy things with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. John 21:8.2.
To break land by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; a common use of this word in New England.3.
To draw along slowly or heavily; to draw any thing burdensome; as, to drag a lingering life.4.
To draw along in contempt, as unworthy to be carried.He drags me at his chariot-wheels.
To drag one in chains.
5.
To pull or haul about roughly and forcibly.In seamens language, to drag an anchor, is to draw or trail it along the bottom when loosened, or when the anchor will not hold the ship.
DRAG
,Verb.
I.
1.
To hang so low as to trail on the ground.2.
To fish with a drag; as, they have been dragging for fish all day, with little success.3.
To be drawn along; as, the anchor drags.4.
To be moved slowly; to proceed heavily; as, this business drags.5.
To hang or grate on the floor, as a door.DRAG
,Noun.
1.
Something to be drawn along the ground, as a net or a hook.2.
A particular kind of harrow.3.
A car; a low cart.4.
In sea-language, a machine consisting of a sharp square frame of iron, encircled with a net, used to take the wheel off from the platform or bottom of the decks.5.
Whatever is drawn; a boat in tow; whatever serves to retard a ships way.Definition 2024
drąg
drąg
See also: drag
Polish
Noun
drąg m inan (diminutive drążek)
Declension
declension of drąg
Synonyms
See also
Anagrams
- grąd
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 121
- 1 2 3 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 96
