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# dragging

verb form (-ing form of «drag»: drag, drags, dragged, dragging); adjective (dragging)

«dragging» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Pulling something heavy along the ground with effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m1)
2. Moving something on a screen by holding the mouse button or your finger on it and sliding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m2)
3. Making someone go somewhere they don't want to go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m3)
4. Going on slowly and boringly: «the day was dragging». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m4)
5. Letting something trail along the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#m5)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x1)
- Dragging the box was hard because of friction. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x2)
- Try dragging the picture into the folder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x3)
- Mum was dragging us around the shops all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x4)
- The last lesson was really dragging. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x5)
- Her coat was dragging in the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x6)
- Stop dragging your feet and hurry up! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x7)
- Suddenly he rushed out, dragging after him his blanket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/#x8)

### 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 Jewish tradition

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dragging/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dragging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dragging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dragging» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dragging.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dragging» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dragging/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dragging» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dragging.html) on Mova free.