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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dragging.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with
     a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same
     word as E. draw. ? See Draw.]
     1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground
        by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing
        heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with
        labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag
        stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Dragged by the cords which through his feet were
              thrust.                               --Denham.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
              thee down.                            --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A needless Alexandrine ends the song
              That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
              along.                                --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to
        harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or
        other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
                                                    --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
        pain or with difficulty.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Have dragged a lingering life.        -- Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To drag an anchor (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom
        when the anchor will not hold the ship.
  
     Syn: See Draw.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  dragging \dragging\ adj.
     painfully or tediously slow and boring; as, the dragging
     minutes.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Drag \Drag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dragged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Dragging.] [OE. draggen; akin to Sw. dragga to search with
     a grapnel, fr. dragg grapnel, fr. draga to draw, the same
     word as E. draw. ? See Draw.]
     1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground
        by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing
        heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with
        labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag
        stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.
  
              Dragged by the cords which through his feet were
              thrust.                               --Denham.
  
              The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
              thee down.                            --Tennyson.
  
              A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a
              wounded snake, drags its slow length along. --Pope.
  
     2. To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to
        harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or
        other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.
  
              Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
                                                    --Tennyson.
  
     3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
        pain or with difficulty.
  
              Have dragged a lingering life.        -- Dryden.
  
     To drag an anchor (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom
        when the anchor will not hold the ship.
  
     Syn: See Draw.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  drag
       n 1: the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid [syn:
             retarding force]
       2: 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"
       3: something tedious and boring; "peeling potatoes is a drag"
       4: 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"
       5: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on
          his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled
          the smoke slowly" [syn: puff, pull]
       6: the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the
          hill exhausted him"
       v 1: pull, as against a resistance; "He dragged the big suitcase
            behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
       2: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" [syn: haul,
           hale, cart]
       3: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
          action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me
          into this business" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep
          up, drag in]
       4: move slowly and as if with great effort
       5: to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we
          still are dragging" [syn: trail, get behind, hang
          back, drop behind]
       6: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
          cigarette" [syn: puff, draw]
       7: 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"
       8: walk without lifting the feet [syn: scuff]
       9: search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something
          valuable or lost [syn: dredge]
       10: persuade to come away from something attractive or
           interesting; "He dragged me away from the television set"
       11: proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged
           on for two hours" [syn: drag on, drag out]
       [also: dragging, dragged]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dragging
       adj 1: marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was a
              strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"
       2: passing painfully or tediously slowly; "the dragging
          minutes"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  dragging
       See drag

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dragging
     a.
     1 That which drag#Verb.
     2 boring; dull
     3 excessively long
     n.
     (gerund of en drag): an instance#Noun of something being drag#Verb.
     vb.
     (present participle of en drag nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  dragging
     a.
     1 That which drag#Verb.
     2 boring; dull
     3 excessively long
     n.
     (gerund of en drag): an instance#Noun of something being drag#Verb.
     vb.
     (present participle of en drag nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  dragging
     a.
     1 That which drag#Verb.
     2 boring; dull
     3 excessively long
     n.
     (gerund of en drag): an instance#Noun of something being drag#Verb.
     vb.
     (present participle of en drag nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  dragging
     a.
     1 That which drag#Verb.
     2 boring; dull
     3 excessively long
     n.
     (gerund of en drag): an instance#Noun of something being drag#Verb.
     vb.
     (present participle of en drag nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dragging
     Englanti vb.
     (taivm-pprees en drag)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  dragging
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en drag ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb drag)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  السحب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/ 
  tažení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  vlekoucí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/ 
  smykování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  táhnoucí

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  hineinziehend, verwickelnd, verstrickend, involvierend
     Synonyms: implicating, involving
  
   see: implicate sb. in sth., involve sb. in sth., drag sb. into sth., implicated, involved, dragged, drag a country into a war, Don't you drag me into this., I didn't mean to drag you into it / into the situation., I didn't intend to involve you in this mess.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  nachschleppend, schleppend
   see: drag, dragged, drags, dragged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  schleifend, schleifend ziehend
   see: drag, dragged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  schleppend, ziehend
   see: drag, dragged, drags, dragged
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  schleppend  [mus.]
        "solemnly and measured, without dragging"  - feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  ziehend
   see: drag, dragged
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  
  που σέρνεται

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  dragging /dɹˈaɡɪŋ/
  oranje sidra, povlačenje, povlačenjem

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdɹæɡɪŋ/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     拖动,移动镜头

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