Drag vs Move - What's the difference?
drag | move |
To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.
To move slowly.
To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
* Byron
* Gay
To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
* Dryden
To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.
* Russell
(computing) To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.
To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.
To perform as a drag queen or drag king.
(soccer) To hit or kick off target.
* November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
To fish with a dragnet.
To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.
(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.
* Tennyson
(uncountable) Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.
(countable, foundry) The bottom part of a sand casting mold.
(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
(countable, informal) A puff on a cigarette or joint.
(countable, slang) Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
* J. D. Forbes
(countable, slang) Someone or something that is disappointing.
(countable, slang) Horse-drawn wagon or buggy.
(countable, slang) Street, as in 'main drag'.
(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.
(countable, snooker) A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.
A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.
A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.
(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.
(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.
Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.
A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.
Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
* Hazlitt
(uncountable, slang) Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.
(uncountable, slang) Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.
To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
* 1839 , Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy Page 95
To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
(senseid)To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.
(intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
(ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir.
(chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.
* Knolles
* Dryden
To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite, as an emotion.
* Bible, Matthew ix. 36
To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
* Shakespeare
* Hayward
(obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).
(obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.
* 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book VII:
(obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
The act of moving; a movement.
An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.
The event of changing one's residence.
A change in strategy.
A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
* 2013 , Phil McNulty, "[http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980]", BBC Sport , 1 September 2013:
(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.
In transitive terms the difference between drag and move
is that drag is to pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty while move is to propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.In intransitive terms the difference between drag and move
is that drag is to move slowly while move is (to change residence) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.drag
English
(wikipedia drag)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
James R. Carter
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- The day drags through, though storms keep out the sun.
- Long, open panegyric drags at best.
- have dragged a lingering life
- A propeller is said to drag when the sails urge the vessel faster than the revolutions of the screw can propel her.
- Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.
- while I dragged my brains for such a song
Derived terms
* drag one's feet * dragline * what the cat dragged inNoun
- When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration.
- Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag .
- My lectures were only a pleasure to me, and no drag .
- (Thackeray)
- to run a drag
- a stone drag
- Had a drag in his walk.
Derived terms
* drag race * main dragEtymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) Douglas Harper,"camp (n.)"in Online Etymology Dictionary , 2001ff
Noun
(-)- He performed in drag .
- corporate drag
Derived terms
* drag king * drag queen * drag showReferences
*Flight, 1913, p. 126] attributing to [[w:Archibald Low, Archibald Low]*
move
English
Alternative forms
* meve * (l) (obsolete) * (l)Verb
(mov)- A ship moves rapidly.
- I was sitting on the sofa for a long time, I was too lazy to move .
- Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion.
- to move in a matter
- Come on guys, let's move : there's work to do!
- I decided to move to the country for a more peaceful life.
- They moved closer to work to cut down commuting time.
- The rook moved from a8 to a6.
- My opponent's counter was moving much quicker round the board than mine.
- The waves moved the boat up and down.
- The horse moves a carriage.
- She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.
- This song moves me to dance.
- Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
- No female arts his mind could move .
- That book really moved me.
- When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them.
- I move to repeal the rule regarding obligatory school uniform.
- Let me but move one question to your daughter.
- They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects.
- "Sir," seyde Sir Boys, "ye nede nat to meve me of such maters, for well ye wote I woll do what I may to please you."
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* actuate * affect * agitate * impel * incite * incline * induce * influence * instigate * offer * persuade * prompt * propose * rouse * stir * transfer * troubleDerived terms
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(en noun)- A slight move of the tiller, and the boat will go off course.
- He made another move towards becoming a naturalized citizen.
- She always gets spontaneous applause for that one move .
- He can win a match with that one move .
- The move into my fiancé's house took two long days.
- They were pleased about their move to the country.
- I am worried about our boss's move .
- It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders.
- Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.
- The best move of the game was when he sacrificed his rook in order to gain better possession.
- It's your move ! Roll the dice!
- If you roll a six, you can make two moves .