drag

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.

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

2. isim 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.”

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

5. isim A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.
6. isim A puff on a cigarette or joint.

   “He got high after just one drag of the joint.”

7. isim Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

   “Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag.”

8. isim A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.

   “I’m down here readin’ for my little go during the Long, only I come over from Baymouth pretty often in my drag…”

9. isim A street.

   “the main drag”

10. isim The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.

    “to run a drag”

11. isim A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
12. isim A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
13. isim A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

    “a stone drag”

14. isim The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
15. isim A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
16. isim 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.
17. isim 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.
18. isim A pulled load.

    “A northbound drag of furnace coal on the former South Yorkshire Joint Line crosses the East Coast main line near Black Carr behind Class "O4/1" 2-8-0 No. 63693.”

19. isim A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
20. isim Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

    “Had a drag in his walk.”

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

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

22. fiil 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.”

23. fiil To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
24. fiil To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

    “have dragged a lingering life”

25. fiil 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.”

26. fiil To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.

    “Drag the file into the window to open it.”

27. fiil To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.

    “The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.”

28. fiil To hit or kick off target.

    “Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.”

29. fiil To fish with a dragnet.
30. fiil To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.