drag

Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.

When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.

Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.

A high thrust-to-weight ratio helps a rocket to overcome the effects of gravity drag.

A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.

"He told me that he was certain that Coates shot at him. We threw out a drag and landed Coates within an hour."

A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.

To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

Let's drag this load of wood over to the shed.

The misbehaving child was dragged out of the classroom.

To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

Time seems to drag when you're waiting for a bus.

The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun.

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

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.

have dragged a lingering life

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.

A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her.

Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

He performed in drag.

I know what "in drag" means; it is the slang for going about in women's clothes.

Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

A men's party attended in women's clothing.

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.

This freedom of speech of hers was a kind of masquerade of sexuality, like the rubber breasts homosexuals put on for drags, [...]

A drag king or drag queen.

1970-1975, 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.

To sublet in comfy fag hsehold for Jun, July, Aug. […] Drags & Dykes welcome.

Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

corporate drag

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.