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A Drag

  1. (uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
  2. (countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
  3. (countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
  4. (countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
  5. (countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
  6. (countable, slang) A type of horse-drawn carriage. [from mid-18th c.]
  7. (countable, slang) Street, as in 'main drag'. [from mid-19th c.]
  8. (countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
  9. (countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
  10. A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
  11. A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
  12. (metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
  13. (masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
  14. (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.
  15. 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.
  16. A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
  17. Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
  18. witch house music
  19. The last position in a line of hikers.
  20. (aviation, aerodynamics) The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
  21. (historical) A mailcoach.