| drag | the act of dragging (pulling with force), the drag up the hill exhausted him |
puff
drag pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke), he took a puff on his pipe, he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly |
| drag | clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man), he went to the party dressed in drag, the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag |
| main drag | the main street of a town or city |
tail rotor
anti-torque rotor | rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a singleotor helicopter, keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor |
| torque converter | converter for transmitting and amplifying torque (especially by hydraulic means) |
| torque wrench | a wrench that has a gauge that indicates the amount of torque being applied |
| drag | something tedious and boring, peeling potatoes is a drag |
| drag | something that slows or delays progress, taxation is a drag on the economy, too many laws are a drag on the use of new land |
drag
retarding force | the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid |
torsion
torque | a twisting force |
drag coefficient
coefficient of drag | the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the body |
drag drag on
drag out | proceed for an extended period of time, The speech dragged on for two hours |
| drag | persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting, He dragged me away from the television set |
badmouth
malign
traduce
drag through the mud | speak unfavorably about, She badmouths her husband everywhere |
drag up
dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past, Drag up old stories |
puff
drag
draw | suck in or take (air), draw a deep breath, draw on a cigarette |
| dredge drag | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost |
| bunt drag a bunt | hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance |
| drag | pull, as against a resistance, He dragged the big suitcase behind him, These worries were dragging at him |
haul hale
cart
drag | draw slowly or heavily, haul stones, haul nets |
drag down
bear down
bear down on
press down on
weigh down | exert a force with a heavy weight, The snow bore down on the roof |
scuff
drag | walk without lifting the feet |
drag
trail get behind
hang back
drop behind
drop back | to lag or linger behind, But in so many other areas we still are dragging |
| drag | move slowly and as if with great effort |
| drag | use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu, drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen |
procrastinate
stall
drag one's feet
drag one's heels
shillyshally dilly-dally
dillydally | postpone doing what one should be doing, He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days |
embroil
tangle
sweep
sweep up
drag
drag in | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action, They were swept up by the events, don't drag me into this business |
drag on
drag out | last unnecessarily long |
knockdown-dragout
knock-down-and-drag-out | extremely violent, a knock-down-and-drag-out fight |