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{{also|drąg|Drąg}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|drăg}}, {{IPA|en|/dɹæɡ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-drag.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|æɡ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|draggen||to drag}}, early {{inh|en|enm|dragen||to draw, carry}}, confluence of {{inh|en|ang|dragan||to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract}} and {{der|en|non|draga||to draw, attract}}; both from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*draganą||to draw, drag}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰregʰ-||to draw, drag}}.

Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun {{m|en|drag||that which is hauled or dragged}}, related to {{cog|nds|dragge||a drag-anchor, grapnel}}. Cognate with {{cog|da|drægge||to dredge}}, {{cog|da|drage||to draw, attract}}, {{cog|sv|dragga||to drag, drag anchor, sweep}}, {{cog|sv|draga||to draw, go}}, {{cog|is|draga||to drag, pull}}. {{doublet|en|draw}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}
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|caption1=Capitol Street, the main drag of {{w|Charleston, West Virginia}}, United States, June 1973
}}

# {{lb|en|physics|uncountable}} {{cap|resistance}} of a [[fluid]] to something moving through it.
#: {{ux|en|When designing cars, manufacturers have to take '''drag''' into consideration.}}
# {{lb|en|by analogy with above}} Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
#: {{ux|en|A high thrust-to-weight ratio helps a rocket to overcome the effects of [[gravity drag|gravity '''drag''']].}}
# {{senseid|en|major part of a mold}} {{lb|en|countable|foundry}} The bottom part of a sand [[casting]] [[mold]].
#: {{cot|en|cope#English:_major_part_of_a_mold}}
# {{lb|en|countable}} A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in [[fishing]].
# {{lb|en|countable|informal}} A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a [[dragnet]].
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=June 1920|journal=w:The Electrical Experimenter|location=New York|page=151|column=3|passage="He told me that he was certain that Coates shot at him. We threw out a '''drag''' and landed Coates within an hour."}}
# {{lb|en|countable|music}} A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
# {{lb|en|countable|informal}} A puff on a cigarette or joint.
#: {{syn|en|lug|pull}}
#: {{ux|en|He got high after just one '''drag''' of the joint.}}
#: {{ux|en|Give me a '''drag''' on that roach!}}
# {{lb|en|countable|slang}} Someone or something that is [[annoying]] or [[frustrating]], or [[disappointing]]; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
#: {{ux|en|Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real '''drag'''.}}
#* '''December 24, 1865''', {{w|James David Forbes}}, ''letter to Dr. Symonds''
#*: My lectures {{...}}were only a pleasure to me, and no '''drag'''.
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1965|title=w:Positively 4th Street|author=w:Bob Dylan|passage=Yes, I wish that for just one time / You could stand inside my shoes / You'd know what a '''drag''' it is / To see you}}
# {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A long open horse-drawn [[carriage]] with transverse or side seats. {{defdate|from mid-18th c.}}
#* {{RQ:Thackeray Pendennis||passage=I’m down here readin’ for my little go during the Long, only I come over from Baymouth pretty often in my '''drag'''…|10}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1899|author=w:Kate Chopin|title=The Awakening
|passage=Alcee Arobin and Mrs. Highcamp called for her one bright afternoon in Arobin's '''drag'''.}}
# {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A [[street]]. {{defdate|from mid-19th c.}}
#: {{ux|en|the [[main drag]]}}
#: {{ux|en|a back '''drag'''}} <!--Hotten's Slang Dict-->
# {{lb|en|countable}} The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as [[aniseed]], for training hounds to follow scents.
#: {{ux|en|to run a '''drag'''}}
# {{lb|en|countable|snooker}} 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.
#: {{ux|en|a stone '''drag'''}}
# {{lb|en|metallurgy}} The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the [[cope]].
# {{lb|en|masonry}} A steel instrument for completing the [[dress]]ing of soft stone.
# {{lb|en|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 pulled [[load]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1959|month=October|title=South of Doncaster|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=470, photo caption|text=A northbound '''drag''' of furnace coal on the former South Yorkshire Joint Line crosses the East Coast main line near Black Carr behind Class "O4/1" 2-8-0 No. 63693.}}
# A [[skid]] or [[shoe]] for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
# Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1800|author=w:William Hazlitt|title=My First Acquaintance with Poets
|passage=Had a '''drag''' in his walk.}}
# {{senseid|en|music genre}}{{lb|en|uncountable|music genre}} [[witch house|Witch house]] music.
#* {{quote-web|en|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/mar/08/scene-heard-drag|title=Scene and heard: Drag|date=2010-03-08|author=Scott Wright|quotee=Heather Marlatt|work=The Guardian|passage=“Our music is not like some other types where the energy is back and forth – music considered '''drag''' is like giving up oneself, to be pulled and controlled,” she says.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|author=Paul Lester|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/29/new-band-ooooo|title=New band of the day - No 877: oOoOO|date=2010-09-29|work=The Guardian|passage=Whatever the appellation, these artists are doing some amazing stuff. Haunted house and '''drag''' are probably the most apposite terms because the music sounds like ghostly apparitions of old dance tunes, only at half-speed.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/02/new-band-balam-acab|title=New band of the day – No 922: Balam Acab|date=2010-12-02|author=Paul Lester|work=The Guardian|passage=They call this music '''drag''' because it's like dance music dragged down by the ponderous weight of existence (there's a Balam Acab track called Heavy Living Things); they call it witch house because it haunts you long after you stop listening.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=January 24 2011|author=David Wicik|titleurl=https://music.newcity.com/2011/01/24/exorcising-the-ghost-ooooo-breaks-down-the-buzz-about-drag/|title=Exorcising the Ghost: oOoOO breaks down the buzz about “drag”|journal=Newcity
|passage=In your own words, what is '''drag''' or witch house music?}}
# The last position in a line of hikers.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|title=Hunter's Moon|author=Dana Stabenow |page=73| ISBN=0425172597| passage=Okay, I'll take point, Kate, you take '''drag'''.}}
# {{lb|en|billiards}} A push somewhat under the centre of the [[cue ball]], causing it to follow the [[object ball]] a short way.
# A device for [[guide|guiding]] [[wood]] to the [[saw]].
# {{lb|en|historical}} A [[mailcoach]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} A prison sentence of three months.
#* '''1869''', A  Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, ''Six Years in the Prisons of England''
#*: The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a '''drag''' (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en
|drag bit|drag racing boat|Poynting-Robertson drag
|drag boat
|drag bolt
|dragbox
|drag bunt
|drag chute
|drag coefficient
|draghound
|drag hunt
|drag parachute
|drag race
|drag racer
|drag racing
|dragrope
|drag chain
|fiscal drag
|gravity drag
|lift-to-drag ratio
|main drag
|parasitic drag
|sand drag|drag handle
|toe drag
|wave drag
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|resistance of the air or some other fluid}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|resistència|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|luftmodstand|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|luchtweerstand}}, {{t+|nl|weerstand|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ilmanvastus}} {{qualifier|of air}}, {{t|fi|väliaineen vastus}}, {{t+|fi|vastus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|trainée}}
* German: {{t+|de|Widerstand|m}}, {{t|de|Luftwiderstand|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|οπισθέλκουσα|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|attrito|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arrasto|m}}, {{t+|pt|arraste|m}}
* Russian: {{qualifier|лобово́е}} {{t+|ru|сопротивле́ние|n}}
* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|[[odpor]] [[vzduch|vzduchu]]|m}} <!-- was "[[odpor]] [[vzduch|vzduchu]]" - assumed sum-of-parts; if an idiom, remove the wikilinks to the individual words. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Spanish: {{t+|es|resistencia|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|luftmotstånd|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sürükleme}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|kaşnayış}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|foundry: bottom part of a sand casting mold}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fundering|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|драга|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|dræg|n}}, {{t|da|vod|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|draga|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дра́га|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dragg|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|puff on cigarette}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|заця́жка|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|дърпане|n}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|pipada|f}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|šluk}}
* Danish: {{t|da|sug|n}}, {{t+|da|drag|n}}, {{t|da|hiv|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|savut|p}}, {{t|fi|sauhut|p}}
* French: {{t+|fr|taffe|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Zug|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|slukk}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tirata|f}}, {{t|it|boccata|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|drag|n}}, {{t|nb|blås|m}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|پُک}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|затя́жка|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|дим|m}}, {{t+|sh|dim|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bocanada|f}}, {{t+|es|calada|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bloss|n}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|fırt}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|затя́жка|f}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|fırt}}
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{{trans-top|someone or something that is annoying or frustrating}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|belemmering}}, {{t+|nl|hinderpaal}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|harmi}}, {{t|fi|harminkappale}}, {{t+|fi|kiusankappale}}
* French: {{qualifier|vulgar}} {{t+|fr|emmerdeur|m}}, {{qualifier|vulgar}} {{t+|fr|emmerdeuse|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pelma|m|f}}, {{t+|es|embole|m}}, {{t+|es|rollo|m}}, {{t|es|tabarra|f}}, {{t+|es|pelmazo|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|someone or something that is disappointing}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|pettymys}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rozczarowanie|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обу́за|f}} {{qualifier|burden}}, {{t+|ru|разочарова́ние|n}} {{qualifier|disappointment}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|horse-drawn wagon or buggy}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kärry}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|street}}

{{trans-top|scent-path}}
* Danish: {{t|da|spor|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|hajujälki}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|snooker: large amount of backspin on the cue ball}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|træk|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|alakierre}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|heavy harrow}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|брана|f-p}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|rautaharava}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|kind of sledge}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|reki}}
* Latin: {{t|la|trahea|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|drög|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|metallurgy: bottom part of a flask or mould}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|masonry: steel instrument for dressing of soft stone}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|nautical: difference between the true speed of a vessel and theoretical speed attainable by the propeller}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|luisto}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laahus}}, {{t+|fi|ajoankkuri}} {{qualifier|sea anchor, drag sail}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|jarru}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sabot}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|hämsko|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|motion affected with slowness and difficulty}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb|past2=drug|past2_qual=dialectal}}
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|caption1=[[Tamil#English|Tamil]] fishermen dragging their boat
|image2=Seining for wild fish.jpg
|caption2=Fishing by dragging a river
}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pull]] along a [[surface]] or through a [[medium]], sometimes with [[difficulty]].
#: {{ux|en|Let's '''drag''' this load of wood over to the shed.}}
#: {{ux|en|The misbehaving child was '''dragged''' out of the classroom.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Carlos Lorch|quotee=Dale Zelko|title=Blast from the Past: Interview with Lt Colonel Dale Zelko, USAF|url=http://f117sfa.org/sfa_newsletter/Newsletter2007-05.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043205/http://f117sfa.org/sfa_newsletter/Newsletter2007-05.pdf|archivedate=4 March 2016|work=Nighthawks|year=2007|month=May|volume=5|issue=1|page=14|text=I knew where I didn't want to land so with some aggressive steering I was able to crab into the wind and land successfully on an open plowed farm field some 50 yards west of the hardball road I had seen, next to what seemed at the time to be a T intersection that led off to the east. Although I landed softly, there was a stiff 15-knot wind so I was getting '''drug''' a little bit. On my back I dug my heels in and reached up to pop both canopy releases, but on better thought decided against it, as the parachute would probably blow across the road.}}
# To [[proceed]] [[heavily]], [[laboriously]], or [[slowly]]; to [[advance]] with [[weary]] [[effort]]; to [[go on]] [[lingeringly]].
#: {{ux|en|Time seems to '''drag''' when you're waiting for a bus.}}
#* {{RQ:Byron Childe Harold|canto=III|stanza=XXXII|passage=The day '''drags''' through, though storms keep out the sun.}}
#* '''a. 1732''', {{w|John Gay}}, ''epistle to a Lady''
#*: Long, open panegyric '''drags''' at best.
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=October 31, 2019|author=A. A. Dowd|work=AV Club|title=Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunite for one last gripping crime epic, ''The Irishman''|url=https://film.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-and-robert-de-niro-reunite-for-one-last-1839491726|passage=The Irishman is the director’s longest drama, but it never '''drags'''.|accessdate=27 August 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821041540/https://film.avclub.com/martin-scorsese-and-robert-de-niro-reunite-for-one-last-1839491726|archivedate=21 August 2020}}
# To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=September-October| author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/james-r-carter James R. Carter]| magazine=w:American Scientist| title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/5/flowers-and-ribbons-of-ice Flowers and Ribbons of Ice]| passage='''Dragging''' yourself out of a warm bed in the early hours of a wintry morning to go for a hike in the woods: It’s not an easy thing for some to do, but the visual treasures that await could be well worth the effort. If the weather conditions and the local flora are just right, you might come across fleeting, delicate frozen formations sprouting from certain plant stems, literally a garden of ice.}}
# To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
#* {{RQ:Dryden Aeneis|passage=have '''dragged''' a lingering life}}
#* {{quote-video game|en|year=1995|developer=w:HAL Laboratory|publisher=w:Nintendo|title=w:EarthBound|system=w:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|text=You aren't going to be able to carry any more stuff. You're '''dragging''' around all that junk.}}
# To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1883|author=w:William Clark Russell|title=Sailor’s Language:A collection of Sea-terms and Their Definitions
|passage=A propeller is said to '''drag''' when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her.}}
# {{lb|en|graphical user interface}} To operate a [[pointing device]] by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.
#: {{ux|en|'''Drag''' the file into the window to open it.}}
# {{lb|en|chiefly of a vehicle}} To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.
#: {{ux|en|The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was '''dragging''' on a speed bump.}}
# {{lb|en|soccer}} To [[hit]] or [[kick]] off target.
#* '''2012''', David Ornstein, ''BBC Sport'', "Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355], November 17
#*: Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and {{w|Aaron Lennon}} '''dragged''' an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.
# To [[fish]] with a [[dragnet]].
# {{senseid|en|search_water}} To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
# To [[break]] (land) by drawing a drag or [[harrow]] over it; to harrow.
#: {{syn|en|harrow}}
# {{lb|en|figurative}} To search exhaustively, as if with a [[dragnet]].
#* {{RQ:Tennyson Princess
|passage=while I '''dragged''' my brains for such a song}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} To [[roast]], say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
#: {{syn|en|criticize|Thesaurus:criticize}}
#: {{ux|en|You just '''drag''' him 'cause he's got more money than you.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|music}} To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.
#: {{antonyms|en|rush}}
# {{lb|en|informal|intransitive}} To inhale from a cigarette, cigar, etc.

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en|undragged
|drag-along right|drag click|drag-ass
|[[drag-and-drop]], [[drag and drop]]
|drag ass
|drag down
|drag-drop
|draggle
|drag in
|dragline
|drag on|drag into
|drag one's feet
|drag one's heels
|drag out
|dragster
|drag the chain
|drag through the mud
|drag up
|left-drag
|look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards
|right-drag
|updrag
|what the cat dragged in
}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|dragnet}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to pull along a surface}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|zvarrit}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|جَرَّ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|քաշել}}, {{t|hy|քարշ տալ}}, {{t+|hy|ձգել}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|sürümək}}, {{t+|az|dartmaq}}, {{t|az|sürükləmək}}, {{t|az|[[sürüyüb]] [[çəkmək]]}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|arrastatu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|цяга́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|пацяга́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|валачы́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|валачы́|impf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|টানা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|те́гля|impf}}, {{t+|bg|дъ́рпам|impf}}, {{t+|bg|вла́ча|impf}}, {{t+|bg|влека́|impf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဆွဲ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|arrossegar}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|拖|tr=to1}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|то}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|拖|tr=thoa}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|拖|tr=tuō}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|táhnout|impf}}, {{t+|cs|vléct|impf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|trække}}, {{t+|da|hal}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|slepen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|treni}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|raahata}}, {{t+|fi|kiskoa}}, {{t+|fi|vetää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|traîner}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|arrastrar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ათრევს}}
* German: {{t+|de|schleifen}}, {{t+|de|schleppen}}, {{t+|de|zerren}}, {{t+|de|ziehen}}
*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|schleipfe}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σέρνω}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἕλκω}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|mbotyryry}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|גָּרַר|tr=garár}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|घसीटना}}, {{t|hi|खींचना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|húz}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|draga}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|trainare}}, {{t+|it|trascinare}}, {{t|it|strascinare}}, {{t+|it|strascicare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|引く|tr=ひく, hiku}}, {{t|ja|引きずる|tr=ひきずる, hikizuru}}, {{t|ja|引き離す|tr=ひきはなす, hikihanasu}}
* Kaurna: {{t|zku|watunthi}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сүйреу}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ទាញ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|끌다}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|сүйрөө}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ລາກ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|trahō}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|влече|impf}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|чирэх}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|तान्नु}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|traîner}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|dra}}, {{t+|nb|slepe}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|rebalar}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|влачити|impf}}, {{t|cu|влѣщи|impf}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|тꙗгати|impf}}, {{t|orv|волочи|impf}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dragan}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|چكمك|tr=çekmek}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|کشیدن|tr=kašidan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wlec|impf}}, {{t+|pl|ciągnąć|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arrastar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|trage|alt=a trage}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|таска́ть}}, {{t+|ru|тащи́ть}}, {{t+|ru|волочи́ть}}, {{t+|ru|тяга́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|воло́чь|impf}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|कर्षति}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|slaod}}, {{t|gd|tarraing}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ву̑ћи|impf}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|vȗći|impf}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|strascinari}}, {{t+|scn|trascinari}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ťahať|impf}}, {{t|sk|vláčiť|impf}} {{qualifier|abstract}}, {{t|sk|vliecť|impf}} {{qualifier|concrete}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|vleči|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|arrastrar}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|buruta|alt=kuburuta}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dra}}, {{t+|sv|släpa}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|кашидан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|இழு}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ลาก}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|yärtt-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çekmek}}, {{t+|tr|sürüklemek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|тяга́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|тягну́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|тягти́|impf}}, {{t|uk|волокти́|impf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|گهسیٹنا|tr=ghasīṭnā}}, {{t|ur|کھینچنا|tr=khī̃cnā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تارتماق}}, {{t|ug|سۆرىمەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|sudramoq}}, {{t+|uz|tortmoq}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|strasinar}}, {{t|vec|strapegar}}, {{t|vec|remenar}}, {{t|vec|rajare}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|kéo}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שלעפּן}}
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{{trans-top|to move slowly}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|влача|impf|alt=вла́ча се}}, {{t+|bg|мъкна|impf|alt=мъ́кна се}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vléct|impf|alt=vléct se}}
* Danish: {{t|da|trække ud}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[raahautua]] ([[eteenpäin]])}}, {{t+|fi|laahustaa}}, {{qualifier|esp. of time}} {{t+|fi|madella}}, {{t+|fi|hidastella}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სეირნობა}}
* German: {{t|de|sich ziehen}}, {{t|de|sich dahinziehen}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|āwai}} {{q|referring to a song}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wlec|impf|alt=wlec się}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тащи́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|волочи́ться|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|ťahať|impf|alt=ťahať sa}}, {{t|sk|vliecť|impf|alt=vliecť sa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|krypa}}
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{{trans-top|to act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forhale}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hidastella}}
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{{trans-top|computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|trække}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vetää}}
* German: {{t+|de|ziehen}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|arrastrar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dra}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|çekmek}}
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{{trans-top|to unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface}}
* Danish: {{t|da|slæbe}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laahata}}
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{{trans-top|to perform as a drag queen or drag king}}
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{{trans-top|soccer: to hit or kick off target}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|missata}}
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* Telugu: {{t+check|te|ఈడ్చు}}
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====See also====
* {{sense|call attention to the flaws of}} [[read]]

===Etymology 2===
Possibly from {{cog|en|drag||to pull along a surface}} because of the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor, or from {{bor|en|yi|טראָגן||to wear|sc=Hebr}}<ref>{{R:Etymonline}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-|s}}
[[File:ESC2014 - Austria 17 (crop).jpg|thumb|right|{{w|Conchita Wurst}} in drag during the {{w|Eurovision Song Contest 2014}}]]

# {{senseid|en|women's clothing}} {{lb|en|uncountable|slang}} Women's [[clothing]] worn by men for the purpose of [[entertainment]]. {{defdate|from late 19th c.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|passage=I know what "in '''drag'''" means; it is the slang for going about in women's clothes.|journal=w:The Times|date=30 May 1870|page=13|title=The Men in Women's Clothes|issn=0140-0460}}
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=With the aid of informers they discovered where the great '''drag''' dances were being held and turned their attention thither. [...] They couldn't, of course, be advertised, but no publicity was needed. The network always managed to reach any one who might want to go and had half-a-crown to spare for a ticket. About three-quarters of the men who attended these dances were in '''drag'''.|title={{w|The Naked Civil Servant (book)|The Naked Civil Servant}}|author=w:Quentin Crisp|year=1968|page=82|location=London|publisher=Cape|oclc=654718241}}
#: {{ux|en|He performed in '''drag'''.}}
## {{lb|en|uncountable|slang|by analogy}} Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.
# {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A men's party attended in women's clothing. {{defdate|from early 20th c.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=A heterosexual person cannot really break into their [homosexuals'] inner circles. They have parties or "'''drags'''" to which only homosexuals are admitted, and at these some generally appear in female dress.|edition=6th|author=w:Aaron J. Rosanoff|year=1927|title=Manual of Psychiatry|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|location=New York|chapter=Sexual Psychopaths|page=203|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/manualofpsychiate6rosa/page/203|oclc=1090860194}}
#* {{quote-book|en|passage=This freedom of speech of hers was a kind of masquerade of sexuality, like the rubber breasts homosexuals put on for '''drags''', [...]|page=104|title={{w|The Company She Keeps (novel)|The Company She Keeps}}|author={{w|Mary McCarthy (author)|Mary McCarthy}}|year=1942|oclc=490011513|location=New York|publisher=Harcourt Brace and World}}
# {{lb|en|countable|slang}} A [[drag king]] or [[drag queen]].
#* '''1970-1975''', [[w:Lou Sullivan|Lou Sullivan]], personal diary, quoted in '''2019''', Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), ''We Both Laughed In Pleasure''
#*: That Mich '''drag''' Loretta sent me about 10 pictures of her so I wouldn't think her a "decrepit old lady." But too bad—she looked like someone's biddy aunt.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=8 Apr 78|journal=Gay Community News|page=14|author=Robert Haule|title=Lge Room in San Francisco (classified advertisement)|text=To sublet in comfy fag hsehold for Jun, July, Aug. {{...}} '''Drags''' & Dykes welcome.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|slang}} Any type of [[clothing]] or [[costume]] associated with a particular [[occupation]] or [[subculture]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=01 Apr 78|journal=Gay Community News|page=11|title=The Macho Madness of the Village People|author=Eric Rogers|text=As the album soared to the top of the charts, straight discos picked up on it. {{...}} The Village People performed at 2001, the same disco that provides setting for much of ''Saturday Night Fever''. Dressed in butch gay '''drag''', the men in the group couldn't keep the women away.}}
#: {{ux|en|corporate '''drag'''}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{sense|women's clothing worn by men}} {{l|en| drag act}}, {{l|en|drag artist}}, {{l|en|drag daughter}}, {{l|en|drag king}}, {{l|en|drag queen}}, {{l|en|drag show}}
* {{sense|any type of clothing}} {{l|en|lally-drags}}
* {{l|en|drab}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|slang: women’s clothing worn by men}}<!-- Only SLANG here, please -->
* Danish: {{t+|da|drag|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|drag}}
* German: {{t|de|Fummel|m}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|drag}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|drag}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To perform as a [[drag queen]] or [[drag king]].

===References===
{{reflist}}
* {{R:BBS}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adgr|Gard|Grad|darg|gard|grad}}

{{cln|en|class 6 strong verbs|ergative verbs|irregular verbs}}
{{C|en|Carriages|Crossdressing|Gaits|Roads}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-drag.wav}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# [[drag queen]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nn|non|drag}}, related to {{m|nn|dra||to pull, drag}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/drɑːɡ/}}

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-n1}}

# a [[pull]], {{l|en|drag}} {{gl|the act of pulling, dragging}}
#: {{ux|nn|Han tok eit '''drag''' av sigaretten.|He took a '''drag''' from his cigarette.}}
# [[hang]] (''capability'')
#: {{ux|nn|Eg tek til å få '''draget''' på dette.|I am starting to get the '''hang''' of this.}}
# [[feature]] (e.g. facial features)

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nn|vinddrag}}

===References===
* {{R:Dokumentasjonsprosjektet}}

==Polish==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|en|drug}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=pl-drag.ogg|hh=drak,Drak}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|slang}} [[drug]], [[recreational drug]]
#: {{syn|pl|narkotyk}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|gens=dragu/draga|accs=draga}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Pharmacology|Recreational drugs}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|drag}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=dréghi^}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m}}

# {{lb|pt|uncountable}} {{l|en|drag}} {{gl|clothes worn by the opposite sex for entertainment}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|mfbysense|#s}}

# {{lb|pt|countable}} [[drag queen]], [[drag king]] {{gl|one who performs drag}}
#: {{syn|pt|drag queen|drag king}}

{{C|pt|Crossdressing}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|cu|драгъ}}, from {{der|ro|sla-pro|*dorgъ}}. {{cog|bg|драг}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|[draɡ]}}
* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-Filosoful-drag.wav}}
* {{audio|ro|LL-Q7913 (ron)-Andreea Teodoraa-drag.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj|i}}

# [[dear]]

====Usage notes====
This word can be used as a term of address, in the same way as "dear", "honey"{{,}} and "sweetie" are used in English.

====Declension====
{{ro-adj-4|drag}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ro|dragoste}}
* {{l|ro|drăgălaș}}
* {{l|ro|drăguț}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sh|sla-pro|*dorgъ}}, from {{inh|sh|ine-bsl-pro|*dargás}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/drâːɡ/}}

===Adjective===
{{sh-adj|head=drȃg|def=drȃgī|comp=drȁžī}}

# [[dear]]

====Declension====
{{sh-adj-full|drag|o|draž|e}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sh|dražestan}}

==Slovene==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sl|sla-pro|*dorgъ}}, from {{inh|sl|ine-bsl-pro|*dargás}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sl-IPA|drȃg}}

===Adjective===
{{sl-adj|drȃg|drȃžji}}

# [[dear]] (loved; lovable)
# [[expensive]]

====Inflection====
{{sl-decl-adj|drág}}
{{rfinfl|sl|adjective}}<!-- Also drág, drága, dragó -->

===Further reading===
* {{R:sl:Fran}}

==Spanish==

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|drag}} {{gloss|entertainment form}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|dragh}}, from {{inh|sv|non|drag}}, related to the verb {{m|non|draga|t=to pull, draw}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sv|Sv-drag.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# [[feature]], [[trait]], [[characteristic]]
# [[lure]], [[trolling spoon]]
# {{lb|sv|chess}} [[move]]
# {{lb|sv|figuratively}} [[move]]
#: {{ux|sv|Vem vet vad hans nästa '''drag''' blir|Who knows what his next '''move''' will be}}
# [[draft]], [[draught]] (current of (usually outside) air through the interior of something, for example in the flue of a fireplace, stove, or similar)
# {{lb|sv|colloquial}} [[intensity]], [[power]], as a positive attribute (of for example music, parties, or vehicles)
#: {{syn|sv|röj|q1=intensity|ös|q2=intensity}}

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-zero}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sv|genidrag||masterstroke}}
* {{l|sv|karaktärsdrag||character trait}}
* {{l|sv|korsdrag||cross-breeze, cross-draft}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|dra}}
* {{l|sv|schvung}}

===Verb===
{{head|sv|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|sv|draga||imp}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=adgr|grad}}