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# dragging

«dragging» in Mova's school dictionary: **Pulling something heavy along the ground with effort** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing form of «drag»: drag, drags, dragged, dragging); adjective (dragging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pulling something heavy along the ground with effort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m1)

2) Moving something on a screen by holding the mouse button or your finger on it and sliding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m2)

3) Making someone go somewhere they don't want to go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m3)

4) Going on slowly and boringly: «the day was dragging». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m4)

5) Letting something trail along the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, dragging a heavy box shows friction between the box and the floor. In computing, «drag and drop» moves files and pictures. In everyday life, parents dragging tired children around shops; time dragging on a boring day. Phrases: «drag and drop», «dragging your feet», «time is dragging».

### examples

- He was dragging a heavy bag across the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x1)
- Dragging the box was hard because of friction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x2)
- Try dragging the picture into the folder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x3)
- Mum was dragging us around the shops all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x4)
- The last lesson was really dragging. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x5)
- Her coat was dragging in the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x6)
- Stop dragging your feet and hurry up! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x7)
- Suddenly he rushed out, dragging after him his blanket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x8)

### note

Doubles the «g»: drag → dragged, dragging. «Dragging your feet» means being slow on purpose because you don't want to do something. In science, it is harder to drag something on a rough surface than on ice.

### In the corpora

- [Toad swims to the bank, the wet cotton gown dragging at him, and runs after the barge wanting revenge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/3/)
- [Wheels also roll, which makes much less friction than dragging.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/52-simple-machines/7/)
- [Rolling on wheels makes much less friction than dragging along the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/52-simple-machines/16/)
- [Dragging a heavy box across a floor is hard, but the same box on a trolley rolls easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/85-pushes-pulls-friction-wheels/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dragging» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.