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Drag vs. Haul

Drag and Haul Definitions

Drag

To pull along with difficulty or effort; haul
Dragged the heavy box out of the way.

Haul

To pull or drag forcibly
They hauled the boat onto the beach. We hauled the wood into the shed.

Drag

To cause to trail along a surface, especially the ground
Don't drag your coat in the mud.

Haul

To transport, as with a truck or cart
The contractor used a truck to haul away the dirt and debris.

Drag

To move (a pointing device, such as a mouse) while pressing down on one of its buttons.

Haul

To cause (oneself) to move, especially slowly or laboriously
I hauled myself down to the lobby.
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Drag

To move (an element of a graphical display) on a computer screen using a pointing device.

Haul

To compel to go, especially for trial
Hauled their competitor into court.

Drag

To cause to move with great effort
Dragged himself into the doctor's office.

Haul

(Nautical) To change the course of (a ship), especially in order to sail closer into the wind.

Drag

To take or escort (a person, for example), especially in overcoming resistance or reluctance
Dragged my father to the reception.

Haul

To pull or drag something forcibly.
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Drag

To cause to be involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation
Why did you drag me into this mess?.

Haul

To provide transportation; cart.

Drag

To force or bring out with great effort
Dragged the truth out of the reluctant witness.

Haul

To shift direction
The wind hauled to the east.

Drag

To mention or introduce (an unpleasant or tedious subject)
Dragged up that embarrassing incident.
Is always dragging his money problems into the conversation.

Haul

(Nautical) To change the course of a ship.
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Drag

To search or sweep the bottom of (a body of water), as with a grappling hook or dragnet
Dragged the river looking for the suitcase.

Haul

The act of pulling or dragging.

Drag

To bring up or catch by such means.

Haul

The act of transporting or carting.

Drag

To prolong tediously
Dragged the story out.

Haul

A distance, especially the distance over which something is pulled or transported
A long haul across the country.

Drag

(Baseball) To hit (a bunt) while taking the first steps toward first base.

Haul

Something that is pulled or transported; a load.

Drag

To break up, rake, or smooth out (land or dirt), especially by pulling a drag or heavy mesh
Dragged the infield between innings.

Haul

Everything collected or acquired at a single time; the take
A big haul of fish.

Drag

(Informal) To humiliate or shame publicly, especially on social media
“Unknown Actor Gets Dragged by Twitter for Being the World's Worst Date” (Allure).

Haul

(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
To haul logs to a sawmill

Drag

To trail along the ground
The dog's leash dragged on the sidewalk.

Haul

(transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.

Drag

To move slowly or with effort
He dragged along behind us.

Haul

(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.

Drag

To pass or proceed slowly, tediously, or laboriously
The time dragged as we waited.

Haul

To drag, to pull, to tug.

Drag

To search or dredge the bottom of a body of water
Dragging for the sunken craft.

Haul

Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.

Drag

To take part in a drag race.

Haul

(intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Drag

To draw on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.

Haul

To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.

Drag

Something, such as a harrow or an implement for spreading manure, that is dragged along the ground.

Haul

Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).

Drag

A device, such as a grappling hook, that is used for dragging under water.

Haul

To fast]].
“How fast was he goin’?” / “I don’t know exactly, but he must’ve been haulin’, given where he landed.”

Drag

A heavy sledge or cart for hauling loads.

Haul

An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.

Drag

A large four-horse coach with seats inside and on top.

Haul

The distance over which something is hauled or transported, especially if long.
Getting to his place was a real haul.
I find long-haul travel by airplane tiring.

Drag

Something, such as a sea anchor or a brake on a fishing reel, that retards motion.

Haul

An amount of something that has been taken, especially of fish, illegal loot, or items purchased on a shopping trip.
The robber’s haul was over thirty items.
The trawler landed a ten-ton haul.

Drag

One that impedes or slows progress; a drawback or burden
The drag of taxation on economic growth.

Haul

(Internet) purchased]] items

Drag

The degree of resistance involved in dragging or hauling.

Haul

(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.

Drag

The retarding force exerted on a moving body by a fluid medium such as air or water.

Haul

Four goals scored by one player in a game.

Drag

The act of dragging, especially a slow, laborious movement.

Haul

To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Some dance, some haul the rope.
Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
Romp-loving missIs hauled about in gallantry robust.

Drag

The scent or trail of a fox or another animal.

Haul

To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to haul logs to a sawmill.
When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.

Drag

Something that provides an artificial scent.

Haul

To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.

Drag

(Slang) One that is obnoxiously tiresome
The evening was a real drag.

Haul

A pulling with force; a violent pull.

Drag

A puff on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.

Haul

A single draught of a net; as, to catch a hundred fish at a haul.

Drag

(Slang) A street or road
The town's main drag.

Haul

That which is caught, taken, or gained at once, as by hauling a net.

Drag

The clothing characteristic of one sex when worn by a member of the opposite sex
An actor in drag.

Haul

Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.

Drag

Of, relating to, or being a person wearing clothing characteristic of the opposite sex
A drag performer.
A drag show.

Haul

A bundle of about four hundred threads, to be tarred.

Drag

Of a fluid to something moving through it.
When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.

Haul

The act of drawing or hauling something;
The haul up the hill went very slowly

Drag

(by analogy with above) 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.

Haul

The quantity that was caught;
The catch was only 10 fish

Drag

The bottom part of a sand casting mold.

Haul

Draw slowly or heavily;
Haul stones
Haul nets

Drag

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

Haul

Transport in a vehicle;
Haul stones from the quarry in a truck
Haul vegetables to the market

Drag

A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.

Drag

A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.

Drag

A puff on a cigarette or joint.
He got high after just one drag of the joint.
Give me a drag on that roach!

Drag

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.

Drag

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

Drag

Street, as in 'main drag'.

Drag

(countable) 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

Drag

A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

Drag

A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

Drag

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
A stone drag

Drag

(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.

Drag

(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Drag

(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.

Drag

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.

Drag

A pulled load.

Drag

A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

Drag

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Drag

Witch house music.

Drag

The last position in a line of hikers.

Drag

(billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.

Drag

A device for guiding wood to the saw.

Drag

(historical) A mailcoach.

Drag

(slang) A prison sentence of three months.

Drag

Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
He performed in drag.

Drag

Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.

Drag

A men's party attended in women's clothing.

Drag

Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
Corporate drag

Drag

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
Let's drag this load of wood over to the shed.
The misbehaving child was dragged out of the classroom.

Drag

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
Time seems to drag when you're waiting for a bus.

Drag

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

Drag

To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

Drag

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

Drag

(graphical user interface) 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.

Drag

(chiefly of a vehicle) 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.

Drag

(soccer) To hit or kick off target.

Drag

To fish with a dragnet.

Drag

To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

Drag

To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

Drag

(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

Drag

(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).
You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you.

Drag

To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.

Drag

To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

Drag

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

Drag

The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

Drag

A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

Drag

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

Drag

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.

Drag

A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

Drag

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).
My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag.

Drag

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Drag

The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

Drag

A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Drag

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.
The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.
A needless Alexandrine ends the songThat, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.

Drag

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.

Drag

To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
Have dragged a lingering life.

Drag

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

Drag

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun.
Long, open panegyric drags at best.

Drag

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.

Drag

To fish with a dragnet.

Drag

The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

Drag

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

Drag

Something tedious and boring;
Peeling potatoes is a drag

Drag

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

Drag

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

Drag

The act of dragging (pulling with force);
The drag up the hill exhausted him

Drag

Pull, as against a resistance;
He dragged the big suitcase behind him
These worries were dragging at him

Drag

Draw slowly or heavily;
Haul stones
Haul nets

Drag

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

Drag

Move slowly and as if with great effort

Drag

To lag or linger behind;
But in so many other areas we still are dragging

Drag

Suck in or take (air);
Draw a deep breath
Draw on a cigarette

Drag

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

Drag

Walk without lifting the feet

Drag

Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

Drag

Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting;
He dragged me away from the television set

Drag

Proceed for an extended period of time;
The speech dragged on for two hours

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