dragging

«dragging» in Mova's judaism 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 →

2) Moving something on a screen by holding the mouse button or your finger on it and sliding. tree →

3) Making someone go somewhere they don't want to go. tree →

4) Going on slowly and boringly: «the day was dragging». tree →

5) Letting something trail along the ground. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The commentary asks whether God or man moves the letters of the alphabet, pointing to the idea that the letters are the tools of creation. In the primary 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

• Who is the one dragging the Twenty-Two Letters through the water and driving them through the cosmos—God, or man?] (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• He was dragging a heavy bag across the floor. tree →
• Dragging the box was hard because of friction. tree →
• Try dragging the picture into the folder. tree →
• Mum was dragging us around the shops all afternoon. tree →
• The last lesson was really dragging. tree →
• Her coat was dragging in the mud. tree →
• Stop dragging your feet and hurry up! tree →
• Suddenly he rushed out, dragging after him his blanket. tree →

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.
• Wheels also roll, which makes much less friction than dragging.
• Rolling on wheels makes much less friction than dragging along the ground.
• Dragging a heavy box across a floor is hard, but the same box on a trolley rolls easily.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dragging» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.