Dragging — synonyms, definition

1. dragging (o)

behindhand slow tardy

2. dragging (a)

attenuated behindhand boring drawn out extended extensive late lengthy long long-winded prolix prolonged slow tardy tedious verbose wordy

3. dragging (Adjective)

dragging (Adjective) — Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner. ex. "it was a strange dragging approach" ex. "years of dragging war"

4. dragging (Verb)

carting dragging in dragging on dragging out drawing dredging dropping back dropping behind embroiling getting behind haling hanging back hauling puffing scuffing sweeping sweeping up tangling trailing

dragging (Verb) — Pull, as against a resistance. ex. "He dragged the big suitcase behind him" ex. "These worries were dragging at him"

dragging (Verb) — Draw slowly or heavily. ex. "drag stones"

dragging (Verb) — Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. ex. "don't drag me into this business"

dragging (Verb) — Move slowly and as if with great effort.

dragging (Verb) — To lag or linger behind. ex. "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"

dragging (Verb) — Suck in or take (air).

dragging (Verb) — Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu. ex. "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"

dragging (Verb) — Walk without lifting the feet.

dragging (Verb) — Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.

dragging (Verb) — Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting. ex. "He dragged me away from the television set"

dragging (Verb) — Proceed for an extended period of time. ex. "The speech dragged on for two hours"

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