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Results for: "drag"

Translating from English to Serbo Croat

Translations:

drag — to pull along a surface
→ vući
drag — puff on cigarette
→ dim m

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 6

  1. the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

    Synonymsretarding force
  2. 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”
  3. something tedious and boring

    • “peeling potatoes is a drag”
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  1. 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”
  2. 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”
    Synonymspuffpull
  3. the act of dragging (pulling with force)

    • “the drag up the hill exhausted him”

VERB 11

  1. pull, as against a resistance

    • “He dragged the big suitcase behind him”
    • “These worries were dragging at him”
  2. draw slowly or heavily

    • “haul stones”
    • “haul nets”
    Synonymshaulhalecart
  3. 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”
    Synonymsembroiltanglesweepsweep updrag in
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  1. move slowly and as if with great effort

  2. to lag or linger behind

    • “But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
    Synonymstrailget behindhang backdrop behinddrop back
  3. suck in or take (air)

    • “draw a deep breath”
    • “draw on a cigarette”
    Synonymspuffdraw
  4. 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”
  5. walk without lifting the feet

    Synonymsscuff
  6. search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

    Synonymsdredge
  7. persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

    • “He dragged me away from the television set”
  8. proceed for an extended period of time

    • “The speech dragged on for two hours”
    Synonymsdrag ondrag out