From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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Dragged by the cords which through his feet were
thrust. --Denham.
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The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag
thee down. --Tennyson.
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A needless Alexandrine ends the song
That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length
along. --Pope.
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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.
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Then while I dragged my brains for such a song.
--Tennyson.
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3. To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in
pain or with difficulty.
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Have dragged a lingering life. -- Dryden.
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{To drag an anchor} (Naut.), to trail it along the bottom
when the anchor will not hold the ship.
Syn: See {Draw}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
dragging \dragging\ adj.
painfully or tediously slow and boring; as, the dragging
minutes.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dragging
adj 1: marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner; "it was
a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"
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