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Look up: Drag

  1. drag
    [n] - the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid 2. [n] - the act of dragging (pulling with force) 3. [v] - use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu 4. [v] - move slowly and as if with great effort 5. [v] - to lag or linger b...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Drag
    Air resistance and water resistance are both sometimes called drag.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20442

  3. Drag
    The projected distance between the two ends of a drag line.
    Found on http://www.meg.co.uk/courses/gl.php

  4. Drag
    That component of the aerodynamic force which is parallel to, but opposes the movement of, a body through air
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  5. Drag
    Drag is a type of friction force usually associated with movement through a fluid like air or water. Drag forces generally increase at high speeds
    Found on http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/computing/

  6. Drag
    Star, Lever or even queen. Useful for allowing fish to take line from your reel when your playing a big fish.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. DRAG
    The process of moving an onscreen object. used in conjunction with the term 'drag and drop.'
    Found on http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/d.html

  8. Drag
    AerodynamicsResistance of a vehicle body to motion through the air. A smooth surface has less drag than a rough one.It may be broken down into three main components: skin friction: this is drag due to the surface texture and area.profile drag: this is drag from the three-dimensional shape of the air...
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  9. Drag
    The total resistance of an aeroplane along its line of flight. The total drag is made up of a number of components.
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  10. drag
    (1)The forces opposing motion of running yarns or other textile strands.(2)In mule spinning,the draft(i.e.attenuation). Category: Various industries and crafts • a retarding force acting upon the direction of motion of the body Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  11. drag
    To move an item on the screen by selecting the item and then pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse, e.g. a window can be moved to another location on the screen by dragging its title bar.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  12. Drag
    Drag noun [ See 3d Dredge .] A confection; a comfit; a drug. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  13. Drag
    Drag transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dragged ; present participle & verbal noun Dragging .] [ Middle English draggen ; akin to Swedish dragga to search with a g...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  14. Drag
    Drag intransitive verb 1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold. 2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slo...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/117

  15. Drag
    Drag noun [ See Drag , transitive verb , and confer Dray a cart, and 1st Dredge .] 1. The act of dragging; anything which is dragged. 2. A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/118

  16. drag
    1. To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labour, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. 'Dragged by the cords which ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  17. drag
    noun the act of dragging (pulling with force); `the drag up the hill exhausted him`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. drag
    noun 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. drag
    noun something tedious and boring; `peeling potatoes is a drag`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. drag
    noun 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  21. drag
    retarding force noun the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  22. drag
    trail 2 get behind verb to lag or linger behind; `But in so many other areas we still are dragging`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  23. drag
    verb persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting; `He dragged me away from the television set`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  24. drag
    verb pull, as against a resistance; `He dragged the big suitcase behind him`; `These worries were dragging at him`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  25. drag
    drag out verb proceed for an extended period of time; `The speech dragged on for two hours`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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