drag

the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

something that slows or delays progress

“taxation is a drag on the economy”

“too many laws are a drag on the use of new land”

something tedious and boring

“peeling potatoes is a drag”

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 drag”

“the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag”

a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

“he took a puff on his pipe”

“he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly”

the act of dragging (pulling with force)

“the drag up the hill exhausted him”

pull, as against a resistance

“He dragged the big suitcase behind him”

“These worries were dragging at him”

draw slowly or heavily

“haul stones”

“haul nets”

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

“They were swept up by the events”

“don't drag me into this business”

move slowly and as if with great effort

to lag or linger behind

“But in so many other areas we still are dragging”

suck in or take (air)

“draw a deep breath”

“draw on a cigarette”