dragging
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
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 →
- 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.