the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea"
relative importance; "a problem of the first magnitude"
the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
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"
something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
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"
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
move slowly and as if with great effort
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"