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| drag |
When you drag something, you pull it along using a lot of effort. Often when you drag something, it is still on the ground, and it doesn't have wheels or any power of its own to help you move it. [3/5 definitions] |
| haul |
to pull or drag with force. [1/5 definitions] |
| shuffle |
to drag or scrape the feet along the floor while walking. [1/4 definitions] |
| trail |
to drag along behind on the ground. [1/7 definitions] |
| tug |
If one boat tugs another boat, the first boat pulls the second and makes it move through the water. If you tug something to a place, you pull it through water or drag it over the ground to move it there. [1/4 definitions] |
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