Drag vs. Haul
Difference Between Drag and Haul
Dragnoun
(uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.Haulverb
(transitive) To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
to haul logs to a sawmillDragnoun
The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
Haulverb
(transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
Dragnoun
(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
Haulverb
(transitive) To carry or transport something, with a connotation that the item is heavy or otherwise difficult to move.
Dragnoun
A puff on a cigarette or joint.
Haulverb
To drag, to pull, to tug.
Dragnoun
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.Haulverb
Followed by up: to summon to be disciplined or held answerable for something.
Dragnoun
A type of horse-drawn carriage.
Haulverb
(intransitive) To pull apart, as oxen sometimes do when yoked.
Dragnoun
Street, as in 'main drag'.
Haulverb
To steer (a vessel) closer to the wind.
Dragnoun
(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
to run a dragHaulverb
Of the wind: to shift fore (more towards the bow).
Dragnoun
A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
Haulverb
To fast]].
“How fast was he goin’?” / “I don’t know exactly, but he must’ve been haulin’, given where he landed.”Dragnoun
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
Haulnoun
An act of hauling or pulling, particularly with force; a (violent) pull or tug.
Dragnoun
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
a stone dragHaulnoun
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.Dragnoun
(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
Haulnoun
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.Dragnoun
(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
Haulnoun
(Internet) purchased]] items
Dragnoun
(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.
Haulnoun
(ropemaking) A bundle of many threads to be tarred.
Dragnoun
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.
Haulnoun
the act of drawing or hauling something;
the haul up the hill went very slowlyDragnoun
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
Haulnoun
the quantity that was caught;
the catch was only 10 fishDragnoun
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
Haulverb
draw slowly or heavily;
haul stoneshaul netsDragnoun
witch house music
Haulverb
transport in a vehicle;
haul stones from the quarry in a truckhaul vegetables to the marketDragnoun
The last position in a line of hikers.
Dragnoun
The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.
Dragnoun
Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
He performed in drag.Dragnoun
Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
corporate dragDragverb
(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
Dragverb
(intransitive) To move slowly.
Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus.Dragverb
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
Dragverb
To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
Dragverb
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
Dragverb
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
Dragverb
(computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
Drag the file into the window to open it.Dragverb
(chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump.Dragverb
(soccer) To hit or kick off target.
Dragverb
To fish with a dragnet.
Dragverb
To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.
Dragverb
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
Dragverb
(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
Dragverb
(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.Dragverb
To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
Dragnoun
the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
Dragnoun
something that slows or delays progress;
taxation is a drag on the economytoo many laws are a drag on the use of new landDragnoun
something tedious and boring;
peeling potatoes is a dragDragnoun
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 dragthe waitresses looked like missionaries in dragDragnoun
a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);
he took a puff on his pipehe took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowlyDragnoun
the act of dragging (pulling with force);
the drag up the hill exhausted himDragverb
pull, as against a resistance;
He dragged the big suitcase behind himThese worries were dragging at himDragverb
draw slowly or heavily;
haul stoneshaul netsDragverb
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;
They were swept up by the eventsdon't drag me into this businessDragverb
move slowly and as if with great effort
Dragverb
to lag or linger behind;
But in so many other areas we still are draggingDragverb
suck in or take (air);
draw a deep breathdraw on a cigaretteDragverb
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 screenDragverb
walk without lifting the feet
Dragverb
search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
Dragverb
persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting;
He dragged me away from the television setDragverb
proceed for an extended period of time;
The speech dragged on for two hours
