Drag vs. Haul

Drag vs. Haul — Is There a Difference?
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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 sawmill

Dragnoun

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.

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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.

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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 drag

Haulverb

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 drag

Haulnoun

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 slowly

Dragnoun

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

Haulnoun

the quantity that was caught;

the catch was only 10 fish

Dragnoun

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Haulverb

draw slowly or heavily;

haul stoneshaul nets

Dragnoun

witch house music

Haulverb

transport in a vehicle;

haul stones from the quarry in a truckhaul vegetables to the market

Dragnoun

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 drag

Dragverb

(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 land

Dragnoun

something tedious and boring;

peeling potatoes is a drag

Dragnoun

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 drag

Dragnoun

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke);

he took a puff on his pipehe took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly

Dragnoun

the act of dragging (pulling with force);

the drag up the hill exhausted him

Dragverb

pull, as against a resistance;

He dragged the big suitcase behind himThese worries were dragging at him

Dragverb

draw slowly or heavily;

haul stoneshaul nets

Dragverb

force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

They were swept up by the eventsdon't drag me into this business

Dragverb

move slowly and as if with great effort

Dragverb

to lag or linger behind;

But in so many other areas we still are dragging

Dragverb

suck in or take (air);

draw a deep breathdraw on a cigarette

Dragverb

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

Dragverb

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 set

Dragverb

proceed for an extended period of time;

The speech dragged on for two hours