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Meanings of drag (dragged) in English

Catalan
pipada

A slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

pipada
Portuguese
puxar
Catalan
estirar
Spanish
carretear

To draw slowly or heavily.

puxar
Portuguese
ser empurrado

Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.

ser empurrado
Russian
коэффициент лобового сопротивления
Portuguese
arrasto
Spanish
fricción de fluido
Catalan
arrossegament

Retarding force on a body moving in a fluid.

коэффициент лобового сопротивления
Usage of dragged in English
1
He dragged himself through the days minute by minute, second by second.
The ice princess
2
Certain themes remain consistent; others get dragged in to reflect current discontents.
The Irish Times
3
I wouldn't feel sorry for the family members they dragged along, either.
Back on murder
4
One injured officer could be seen being dragged clear by a colleague.
The Guardian
5
But, in eight short years, the Apollo programme dragged the country ahead.
The Guardian
6
Vietnam stocks led the declines in the region, dragged by consumer stocks.
Reuters
7
I needed to figure things out before the situation dragged me under.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
8
An on-off court case against two men has dragged on for years.
The Guardian
9
Shall we be dragged by him to the bottom of the sea?
Moby Dick
10
He then dragged the body to the ditch and threw it in.
Original Short Stories — Volume 01
11
Whoever dragged the national honor in the dirt won their deathless hatred.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
12
Shocked onlookers dragged him to safety yesterday at about 8am local time.
News.com.au
13
He came; I rushed out to meet him and dragged him in.
Stepping Heavenward
14
The hours dragged on; the clock of a neighboring convent chimed noon.
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
15
One of them was bleeding; the rope had dragged off the skin.
The Return of the Native
16
Before that, however, my hospital stay had dragged on for another week.
Monster Hunter International