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  • 51drag — 1. verb /dɹæɡ,dɻæɡ/ a) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus. b) To move slowly. Drag the file into the window to open it. 2 …

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  • 52drag — 1. The lower or cast side of a denture flask. 2. Any tendency for one moving thing to pull something else along with it. solvent d. the influence exerted by a flow of solvent through a membrane on the simultaneous movement of a solute through the …

    Medical dictionary

  • 53drag — [14] Drag has two possible sources, each with equally plausible claims: Old English dragan, source of modern English draw, or the related Old Norse draga. Both go back to a common Germanic source. Of the modern colloquial applications of the word …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 54drag — [14] Drag has two possible sources, each with equally plausible claims: Old English dragan, source of modern English draw, or the related Old Norse draga. Both go back to a common Germanic source. Of the modern colloquial applications of the word …

    Word origins

  • 55drag — v 1. haul, hale, lug, draw, pull, strain; tow, take in tow, tug; trawl, troll, trail. 2. dredge; rake, harrow, grade. 3.(all usu. in reference to irrelevant matter) introduce, insert, bring in, put in, stick in, pop in, slip in, work in, worm in …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 56drag chain — Shipbuilding. one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom. [1785 95] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 57drag — dræg n. tool used for dragging along the bottom of a body of water to recover objects; impediment, opposite force (such as the force working against an aircraft in motion); act of moving the mouse while pressing and holding down the mouse button …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 58drag — I. v. a. Draw, pull, haul, tug, draw heavily and slowly. II. v. n. 1. Trail, be drawn along. 2. Linger, move slowly, make slow progress …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 59drag chain — noun : a chain that drags: as a. : a chain for coupling freight cars b. : a metal conveyor belt for removing the clinker from a cement kiln c. : a chain that is attached to the chassis of a motor vehicle (as a gasoline tank truck) and drags on… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 60drag scraper — noun 1. : an earth digging and transporting device consisting of a crescent shaped bottomless bucket operated along the ground by a cable between a mast and an anchor 2. : a bottomless tractor towed earth scraper …

    Useful english dictionary