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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdɹwæɡ]
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• British, Northern-England, Southern, Standard: /dɹaɡ/
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• Scotland, Wales: /dɾaɡ/
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• Australian: /dɹæːɡ/
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• New-Zealand: /dɹɛɡ/
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• /dɹeɪɡ/ Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• [ˈdɹweɪ̯ɡ] Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada
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• rhymes with -æɡ
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From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhregh- (“to draw, drag”). Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.

Possibly from English drag (“to pull along a surface”) because of the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor, or from Yiddish טראָגן (trogn, “to wear”)

253 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: resistència — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Danish: luftmodstand — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Dutch: luchtweerstand — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Dutch: weerstand — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Finnish: ilmanvastus — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Finnish: väliaineen vastus — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Finnish: vastus — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• French: trainée — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• German: Widerstand — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• German: Luftwiderstand — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Greek: οπισθέλκουσα (opisthélkousa) — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Italian: attrito — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Portuguese: arrasto — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Portuguese: arraste — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Russian: сопротивле́ние (soprotivlénije) — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Spanish: resistencia — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Swedish: luftmotstånd — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Turkish: sürükleme — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Zazaki: kaşnayış — resistance of the air or some other fluid
• Dutch: fundering — foundry: bottom part of a sand casting mold
• Bulgarian: драга (draga) — device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water
• Danish: dræg — device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water
• Danish: vod — device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water
• Italian: draga — device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water
• Russian: дра́га (drága) — device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water
• Swedish: dragg — device for dragging along the bottom of a body of water
• Belarusian: заця́жка (zacjážka) — puff on cigarette
• Bulgarian: дърпане (dǎrpane) — puff on cigarette
• Catalan: pipada — puff on cigarette
• Czech: šluk — puff on cigarette
• Danish: sug — puff on cigarette
• Danish: drag — puff on cigarette
• Danish: hiv — puff on cigarette
• Finnish: savut — puff on cigarette
• Finnish: sauhut — puff on cigarette
• French: taffe — puff on cigarette
• German: Zug — puff on cigarette
• Hungarian: slukk — puff on cigarette
• Italian: tirata — puff on cigarette
• Italian: boccata — puff on cigarette
• Norwegian Bokmål: drag — puff on cigarette
• Norwegian Bokmål: blås — puff on cigarette
• Iranian Persian: پُک (pok) — puff on cigarette
• Russian: затя́жка (zatjážka) — puff on cigarette
• Serbo-Croatian: дим — puff on cigarette
• Serbo-Croatian: dim — puff on cigarette
• Spanish: bocanada — puff on cigarette
• Spanish: calada — puff on cigarette
• Swedish: bloss — puff on cigarette
• Turkish: fırt — puff on cigarette
• Ukrainian: затя́жка (zatjážka) — puff on cigarette
• Zazaki: fırt — puff on cigarette
• Dutch: belemmering — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Dutch: hinderpaal — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Finnish: harmi — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Finnish: harminkappale — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Finnish: kiusankappale — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• French: emmerdeur — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• French: emmerdeuse — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: pelma — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: embole — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: rollo — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: tabarra — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: pelmazo — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: agüizote — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: ahuizote — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: coñazo — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: tete — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: engorro — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: incordio — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Spanish: monserga — someone or something that is annoying or frustrating
• Finnish: pettymys — someone or something that is disappointing
• Polish: rozczarowanie — someone or something that is disappointing
• Russian: обу́за (obúza) — someone or something that is disappointing
• Russian: разочарова́ние (razočarovánije) — someone or something that is disappointing
• Finnish: kärry — horse-drawn wagon or buggy
• Danish: spor — scent-path
• Finnish: hajujälki — scent-path
• Danish: træk — snooker: large amount of backspin on the cue ball
• Finnish: alakierre — snooker: large amount of backspin on the cue ball
• Bulgarian: брана (brana) — heavy harrow
• Finnish: rautaharava — heavy harrow
• Finnish: reki — kind of sledge
• Latin: trahea — kind of sledge
• Swedish: drög — kind of sledge
• Finnish: luisto — nautical: difference between the true speed of a vessel and theoretical speed attainable by the propeller
• Finnish: laahus — anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress
• Finnish: ajoankkuri — anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress
• Finnish: jarru — skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel
• French: sabot — skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel
• Swedish: hämsko — skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel
• Danish: drag — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• Finnish: drag — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• German: Fummel — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• Malay: leret — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• Norwegian Bokmål: drag — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• Persian: درَگ — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• Swedish: drag — slang: women’s clothing worn by men
• Albanian: zvarrit — to pull along a surface
• Arabic: جَرَّ (jarra) — to pull along a surface
• Armenian: քաշել (kʻašel) — to pull along a surface
• Armenian: քարշ տալ (kʻarš tal) — to pull along a surface
• Armenian: ձգել (jgel) — to pull along a surface
• Azerbaijani: sürümək — to pull along a surface
• Azerbaijani: dartmaq — to pull along a surface
• Azerbaijani: sürükləmək — to pull along a surface
• Azerbaijani: sürüyüb çəkmək — to pull along a surface
• Basque: arrastatu — to pull along a surface
• Belarusian: цяга́ць (cjahácʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Belarusian: пацяга́ць (pacjahácʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Belarusian: валачы́ць (valačýcʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Belarusian: валачы́ (valačý) — to pull along a surface
• Bengali: টানা (ṭana) — to pull along a surface
• Bulgarian: те́гля (téglja) — to pull along a surface
• Bulgarian: дъ́рпам (dǎ́rpam) — to pull along a surface
• Bulgarian: вла́ча (vláča) — to pull along a surface
• Bulgarian: влека́ (vleká) — to pull along a surface
• Burmese: ဆွဲ (hcwai:) — to pull along a surface
• Catalan: arrossegar — to pull along a surface
• Chinese Cantonese: 拖 (to1) — to pull along a surface
• Chinese: то (to) — to pull along a surface
• Chinese: 拖 (zh-min-nan) — to pull along a surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 拖 (tuō) — to pull along a surface
• Czech: táhnout — to pull along a surface
• Czech: vléct — to pull along a surface
• Danish: trække — to pull along a surface
• Danish: hal — to pull along a surface
• Dutch: slepen — to pull along a surface
• Esperanto: treni — to pull along a surface
• Finnish: raahata — to pull along a surface
• Finnish: kiskoa — to pull along a surface
• Finnish: vetää — to pull along a surface
• French: traîner — to pull along a surface
• Galician: arrastrar — to pull along a surface
• Georgian: ათრევს (atrevs) — to pull along a surface
• German: schleifen — to pull along a surface
• German: schleppen — to pull along a surface
• German: zerren — to pull along a surface
• German: ziehen — to pull along a surface
• German: schleipfe — to pull along a surface
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (tiuhan) — to pull along a surface
• Greek: σέρνω (sérno) — to pull along a surface
• Ancient Greek: ἕλκω (hélkō) — to pull along a surface
• Hebrew: גָּרַר (garár) — to pull along a surface
• Hindi: घसीटना (ghasīṭnā) — to pull along a surface
• Hindi: खींचना (khī̃cnā) — to pull along a surface
• Hungarian: húz — to pull along a surface
• Icelandic: draga — to pull along a surface
• Italian: trainare — to pull along a surface
• Italian: trascinare — to pull along a surface
• Italian: strascinare — to pull along a surface
• Italian: strascicare — to pull along a surface
• Japanese: 引く (hiku) — to pull along a surface
• Japanese: 引きずる (hikizuru) — to pull along a surface
• Japanese: 引き離す (hikihanasu) — to pull along a surface
• Kaurna: wartanthi — to pull along a surface
• Kazakh: сүйреу (süireu) — to pull along a surface
• Khmer: ទាញ (tiəñ) — to pull along a surface
• Korean: 끌다 (kkeulda) — to pull along a surface
• Kyrgyz: сүйрөө (süyröö) — to pull along a surface
• Lao: ລາກ (lāk) — to pull along a surface
• Latin: trahō — to pull along a surface
• Macedonian: влече (vleče) — to pull along a surface
• Mongolian: чирэх (čirex) — to pull along a surface
• Nepali: तान्नु (tānnu) — to pull along a surface
• Norman: traîner — to pull along a surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: dra — to pull along a surface
• Norwegian Bokmål: slepe — to pull along a surface
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slepa — to pull along a surface
• Occitan: rebalar — to pull along a surface
• Church Slavic: влачити (vlačiti) — to pull along a surface
• Church Slavic: влѣщи (vlěšti) — to pull along a surface
• Old East Slavic: тꙗгати (tjagati) — to pull along a surface
• Old East Slavic: волочи (voloči) — to pull along a surface
• Old English: dragan — to pull along a surface
• Persian: کشیدن (kašidan) — to pull along a surface
• Polish: wlec — to pull along a surface
• Polish: ciągnąć — to pull along a surface
• Portuguese: arrastar — to pull along a surface
• Romanian: a trage — to pull along a surface
• Russian: таска́ть (taskátʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Russian: тащи́ть (taščítʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Russian: волочи́ть (voločítʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Russian: тяга́ть (tjagátʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Russian: воло́чь (volóčʹ) — to pull along a surface
• Sanskrit: कर्षति (karṣati) — to pull along a surface
• Scottish Gaelic: slaod — to pull along a surface
• Scottish Gaelic: tarraing — to pull along a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: ву̑ћи — to pull along a surface
• Serbo-Croatian: vȗći — to pull along a surface
• Sicilian: strascinari — to pull along a surface
• Sicilian: trascinari — to pull along a surface
• Slovak: ťahať — to pull along a surface
• Slovak: vláčiť — to pull along a surface
• Slovak: vliecť — to pull along a surface
• Slovene: vleči — to pull along a surface
• Spanish: arrastrar — to pull along a surface
• Swahili: kuburuta — to pull along a surface
• Swedish: dra — to pull along a surface
• Swedish: släpa — to pull along a surface
• Tajik: кашидан (kašidan) — to pull along a surface
• Tamil: இழு (iḻu) — to pull along a surface
• Thai: ลาก (lâak) — to pull along a surface
• Tocharian B: yärtt- — to pull along a surface
• Tooro: -kurra — to pull along a surface
• Turkish: çekmek — to pull along a surface
• Turkish: sürüklemek — to pull along a surface
• Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek) — to pull along a surface
• Ukrainian: тяга́ти (tjaháty) — to pull along a surface
• Ukrainian: тягну́ти (tjahnúty) — to pull along a surface
• Ukrainian: тягти́ (tjahtý) — to pull along a surface
• Ukrainian: волокти́ (voloktý) — to pull along a surface
• Urdu: گهسیٹنا (ghasīṭnā) — to pull along a surface
• Urdu: کھینچنا (khī̃cnā) — to pull along a surface
• Uyghur: تارتماق (tartmaq) — to pull along a surface
• Uyghur: سۆرىمەك (sörimek) — to pull along a surface
• Uzbek: sudramoq — to pull along a surface
• Uzbek: tortmoq — to pull along a surface
• Venetan: strasinar — to pull along a surface
• Venetan: strapegar — to pull along a surface
• Venetan: remenar — to pull along a surface
• Venetan: rajare — to pull along a surface
• Vietnamese: kéo — to pull along a surface
• Yiddish: שלעפּן (shlepn) — to pull along a surface
• Bulgarian: вла́ча се (vláča se) — to move slowly
• Bulgarian: мъ́кна се (mǎ́kna se) — to move slowly
• Czech: vléct se — to move slowly
• Danish: trække ud — to move slowly
• Finnish: raahautua (eteenpäin) — to move slowly
• Finnish: laahustaa — to move slowly
• Finnish: madella — to move slowly
• Finnish: hidastella — to move slowly
• Georgian: სეირნობა (seirnoba) — to move slowly
• German: sich ziehen — to move slowly
• German: sich dahinziehen — to move slowly
• Māori: āwai — to move slowly
• Polish: wlec się — to move slowly
• Russian: тащи́ться (taščítʹsja) — to move slowly
• Russian: волочи́ться (voločítʹsja) — to move slowly
• Slovak: ťahať sa — to move slowly
• Slovak: vliecť sa — to move slowly
• Swedish: krypa — to move slowly
• Danish: forhale — to act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant
• Finnish: hidastella — to act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant
• Danish: trække — computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse
• Finnish: vetää — computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse
• German: ziehen — computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse
• Spanish: arrastrar — computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse
• Swedish: dra — computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse
• Turkish: çekmek — computing: to move a cursor while holding down a button on the mouse
• Danish: slæbe — to unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface
• Finnish: laahata — to unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface
• Finnish: missata — soccer: to hit or kick off target