drag - Meaning in Punjabi

drag - Meaning in Punjabi

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Definitions and Meaning of drag in English

drag noun

1. a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

   Examples

   • "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly"
   • "he took a puff on his pipe"
2. clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

   Examples

   • "he went to the party dressed in drag"
   • "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag"
3. something tedious and boring

   Example

   • "peeling potatoes is a drag"
4. something that slows or delays progress

   Examples

   • "taxation is a drag on the economy"
   • "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land"
5. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
6. the act of dragging (pulling with force)

   Example

   • "the drag up the hill exhausted him"

drag verb

1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

   Synonyms

   tangle

   Examples

   • "don't drag me into this business"
   • "They were swept up by the events"
2. use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu

   Example

   • "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"
3. move slowly and as if with great effort
4. to lag or linger behind

   Synonyms

   trail

   Example

   • "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
5. walk without lifting the feet
6. draw slowly or heavily

   Examples

   • "haul nets"
   • "haul stones"
7. pull, as against a resistance

   Examples

   • "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"
   • "These worries were dragging at him"
8. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
9. suck in or take (air)

   Examples

   • "draw a deep breath"
   • "draw on a cigarette"
10. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

    Example

    • "He dragged me away from the television set"
11. proceed for an extended period of time

    Example

    • "The speech dragged on for two hours"

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