drag

Definitions

• (uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
• (countable) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
• (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
• (countable) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
• (countable) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
• (countable) A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.
• (countable) Street, as in 'main drag'.
• (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
• (countable) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
• A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
• A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
• (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
• (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
• (nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
• Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
• A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
• Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
• witch Witch house music.
• The last position in a line of hikers.
• (aviation) The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
• (billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.
• A device for guiding wood to the saw.
• (historical) A mailcoach.