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Grammar : Verb
Spell : drag
Phonetic Transcription : dræg



Definition of dragged

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Old Norse draga, or a dialectal variant of Old English dragan "to draw," both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dragan "to draw, pull," from PIE root *dhragh- "to draw, drag on the ground" (cf. Sanskrit dhrajati "pulls, slides in," Russian drogi "wagon;" but not considered to be directly the source of Latin trahere).
  • Meaning "to take a puff" (of a cigarette, etc.) is from 1914. Related: Dragged; dragging. Drag-out "violent fight" is from c.1859. To drag (one's) feet (1946, in figurative sense) supposedly is from logging, from a lazy way to use a two-man saw.
  • verb haul something to a new place
  • verb move very slowly
Example sentences :
  • In a moment, by one word, I can throw you back into the slough from whence I dragged you.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She dragged him in a bewildered state of mind to the door, which she held open.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Now the minutes dragged with leaden feet until Dick should come.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The mother had dragged her wearied body out for a day of "light" work.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The body of the French squire had been dragged out by them and hacked to pieces.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But the coyote took him by the neck of his deerskin shirt and dragged him a little.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Why, I had dragged her to school on a sled when she was a child.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • He had dragged himself this far, and reached an insurmountable obstacle.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • One or two arose wearily and stiffly, and dragged their loads to the pile.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The fair hoydens seized her between them, and dragged her away.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

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