To draw along by main force; pull; haul.To draw along slowly or heavily, as something difficult to move: as, to drag one foot after the other.To draw a grapnel through or at the bottom of, as a river or other body of water, in search of something: as, they dragged the pond.Hence Figuratively, to search painfully or carefully.To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; harrow.To be drawn along or trail on the ground; be pulled or hauled along: as, an anchor that does not hold is said to drag.To move or proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; move on languidly or with effort.To use a grapnel or drag: as, to drag for fish; to drag for a drowned person.To dredge: used among oystermen.To drawl in speaking.n. Something that is, or is designed to be, dragged, hauled, or tugged.n. A tool used by miners for cleaning out bore-holes before putting in the charge. It is usually made of light rod-iron, and ends in a tapering spiral, called a drag-twist. It is similar to a wormer, but of larger size. See scraper.n. A device for retarding or stopping the rotation of a wheel or of several wheels of a carriage in descending hills, slopes, etc. See skid.n. A fence placed across running water, consisting of a kind of hurdle which swings on hinges, fastened to a horizontal pole.n. Nautical, a kind of floating anchor, usually of spars and sails, used to keep the head of a ship or boat to the wind or to diminish leeway.n. Anything attached to a moving body which retards its progress, as a boat in tow of a ship; hence, a person or thing forming an obstacle to the progress or prosperity of another.n. A device for guiding wood to a saw, used in sawing veneers.n. A long, high carriage, often drawn by four horses, uncovered, and either with seats on the sides or with several transverse scats. Often improperly used in the sense of mail-coach or tally-ho.n. In masonry, a thin plate of steel, indented on the edge, used for finishing the dressing of soft stone which has no grit.n. The act of dragging; a heavy motion indicative of some impediment; motion effected slowly and with labor: as, a heavy drag up-hill.n. In billiards, a blow, of the nature of a push, on the cue-ball somewhat under the center, causing it to follow the object-ball for a short distance.n. A hunt or chase in which an artificial scent is substituted for a live fox.n. The smell of a fox on the ground: as, the drag was taken up by the hounds.n. The retardation and prolongation of signals received from a telegraph-line or submarine cable of considerable electrostatic capacity.n. In printing, a slight slipping or scraping of a sheet on a form of types, which produces a thickened impression on one side of each letter.n. In marine engineering, the difference between the speed of a screw-ship under sail and that of the screw, when the ship outruns the latter; the difference between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle-wheel. Also called slip.n. In music: In lute-playing, a portamento downwardn. A rallentando.n. The bottom or lower side of a molding-faask.n. See the extract.n. Nautical, the difference between the draft of water forward and that aft.n. A burglars' tool for prizing safes open; a spread.