drag – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of drag

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to drag sb down
Participle: dragged sb down
Gerund: dragging sb down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idrag sb down
youdrag sb down
he;she;itdrags sb down
wedrag sb down
youdrag sb down
theydrag sb down

Perfect

Ihave dragged sb down
youhave dragged sb down
he;she;ithas dragged sb down
wehave dragged sb down
youhave dragged sb down
theyhave dragged sb down

Past

Idragged sb down
youdragged sb down
he;she;itdragged sb down
wedragged sb down
youdragged sb down
theydragged sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad dragged sb down
youhad dragged sb down
he;she;ithad dragged sb down
wehad dragged sb down
youhad dragged sb down
theyhad dragged sb down

Future

Iwill drag sb down
youwill drag sb down
he;she;itwill drag sb down
wewill drag sb down
youwill drag sb down
theywill drag sb down

Future Perfect

Iwill have dragged sb down
youwill have dragged sb down
he;she;itwill have dragged sb down
wewill have dragged sb down
youwill have dragged sb down
theywill have dragged sb down

Subjunctive

Present

Idrag sb down
youdrag sb down
he;she;itdrag sb down
wedrag sb down
youdrag sb down
theydrag sb down

Perfect

Ihave dragged sb down
youhave dragged sb down
he;she;ithave dragged sb down
wehave dragged sb down
youhave dragged sb down
theyhave dragged sb down

Imperfect

Idragged sb down
youdragged sb down
he;she;itdragged sb down
wedragged sb down
youdragged sb down
theydragged sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad dragged sb down
youhad dragged sb down
he;she;ithad dragged sb down
wehad dragged sb down
youhad dragged sb down
theyhad dragged sb down

Conditional

Present

Iwould drag sb down
youwould drag sb down
he;she;itwould drag sb down
wewould drag sb down
youwould drag sb down
theywould drag sb down

Perfect

Iwould have dragged sb down
youwould have dragged sb down
he;she;itwould have dragged sb down
wewould have dragged sb down
youwould have dragged sb down
theywould have dragged sb down

Imperative

youdrag sb down
weLet's drag sb down
youdrag sb down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dragging sb down
youare dragging sb down
he;she;itis dragging sb down
weare dragging sb down
youare dragging sb down
theyare dragging sb down

Perfect

Ihave been dragging sb down
youhave been dragging sb down
he;she;ithas been dragging sb down
wehave been dragging sb down
youhave been dragging sb down
theyhave been dragging sb down

Past

Iwas dragging sb down
youwere dragging sb down
he;she;itwas dragging sb down
wewere dragging sb down
youwere dragging sb down
theywere dragging sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad been dragging sb down
youhad been dragging sb down
he;she;ithad been dragging sb down
wehad been dragging sb down
youhad been dragging sb down
theyhad been dragging sb down

Future

Iwill be dragging sb down
youwill be dragging sb down
he;she;itwill be dragging sb down
wewill be dragging sb down
youwill be dragging sb down
theywill be dragging sb down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dragging sb down
youwill have been dragging sb down
he;she;itwill have been dragging sb down
wewill have been dragging sb down
youwill have been dragging sb down
theywill have been dragging sb down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dragging sb down
youwould be dragging sb down
he;she;itwould be dragging sb down
wewould be dragging sb down
youwould be dragging sb down
theywould be dragging sb down

Perfect

Iwould have been dragging sb down
youwould have been dragging sb down
he;she;itwould have been dragging sb down
wewould have been dragging sb down
youwould have been dragging sb down
theywould have been dragging sb down

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'drag'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'drag'

brag, dag, drab, dram, drap, drat, draw, drug, frag, rag,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to convey one's disapproval of
bawl out, chew out, criticize, eat someone alive, excoriate, get up, lace into, lambaste, light into, rip into, tear into, tick off, tosh
pull
hale, tow, draw, move, draggle, haul, transport, traipse
linger
lag, loiter, straggle, slow, dawdle, trail
puff
inhale
draw
pull, magnetize

Antonyms

linger
hasten, hurry, speed, dash
draw
repel, repulse, reject, throw

Additional Information

Etymology

1. 1440, from O.N. draga, or a dial. variant of O.E. dragan "to draw," from P.Gmc. *dragan "to draw, pull," from PIE base *dhragh- "to draw, drag on the ground" (cf. Skt. dhrajati "pulls, slides in," Rus. drogi "wagon," and related to L. trahere; see tract (1)). Meaning "to take a puff" (of a cigarette, etc.) is from 1914. Sense of "annoying, boring person or thing" is 1813; sense of "women's clothing worn by a man" is said to be 1870 theater slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor (another guess is Yiddish trogn "to wear," from Ger. tragen); drag queen is from 1941. Drag-out "violent fight" is from c.1859. Drag racing (1954) is from slang sense of "wagon, buggy" (1755), because a horse would drag it. By 1851 this was transferred to "street," as in the phrase main drag, and it was adopted by hot rodders for "race on city streets." Dragster is also from 1954. Dragnet is recorded from 1541, originally in fishing. To drag (one's) feet (1946, in fig. sense) is supposedly from logging, from the way to goof off while working a two-man saw.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
4. Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti
5. Proto-Germanic *draganą
6. Proto-West Germanic *dragan
7. Old English dragan
8. Middle English dragen
9. Middle English draggen
10. Low German draggeinflu.
11. English drag
12. From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
13. Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw. See: Old English 'dragan', Proto-Germanic '*draganą', Danish 'drægge', Danish 'drage', Swedish 'dragga', Swedish 'draga', Icelandic 'draga'.

Verbs referencing "drag"

English trawl, Portuguese dragar, Spanish dragar, Korean 드래그하다, Welsh dragio.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] all hands are on the alert; the flagging hopes of the passengers revive; the cooks pause in their savoury work, and look out with faces full of interest. The boat comes alongside; the bags are dragged in anyhow, and flung down for the moment anywhere. Three cheers more: and as the first one rings upon our ears, the vessel throbs like a strong giant that has just received the breath of life; the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “O, George, how can you!” “ Yes, Eliza, it's all misery, misery, misery ! My life is bitter as wormwood; the very life is burning out of me. I 'm a poor, miserable, forlorn drudge; I shall only drag you down with me, that's all. What's the use of our trying to do anything, trying to know anything, trying to be anything ? What's the use of living ? I wish I was dead ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • BLACK DRIVER (still to the horses). ‘Jiddy! Jiddy!’ Horses pull violently, drag the coach out of the hole, and draw it up a bank; so steep, that the black driver 's legs fly up into the air, and he goes back among the luggage on the roof. But he immediately recovers himself, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Harrisburg on Friday. On Sunday morning we arrived at the foot of the mountain, which is crossed by railroad. There are ten inclined planes; five ascending, and five descending; the carriages are dragged up the former, and let slowly down the latter, by means of stationary engines; the comparatively level spaces between, being traversed, sometimes by horse, and sometimes by engine power, as the case [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] woman clinging with both arms tight round the neck of a fine, good-looking, sturdy young fellow ! and in a moment afterwards, there she was again, actually clapping her little hands for joy, as she dragged him through the small door of her small cabin, to look at the baby as he lay asleep ! (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] shelter when they lose their houses for a month or two beneath the hideous waters of the Mississippi. But looking southward from this point, we had the satisfaction of seeing that intolerable river dragging its slimy length and ugly freight abruptly off towards New Orleans; and passing a yellow line which stretched across the current, were again upon the clear Ohio, never, I trust, to see the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Public opinion has knotted the lash, heated the branding-iron, loaded the rifle, and shielded the murderer. Public opinion threatens the abolitionist with death, if he venture to the South; and drags him with a rope about his middle, in broad unblushing noon, through the first city in the East. Public opinion has, within a few years, burned a slave alive at a slow fire in the city of St. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • And, in a moment after, Miss Ophelia, in high indignation, came dragging the culprit along. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Don't call me Missis ! I 'm a miserable slave, like yourself,—a lower one than you can ever be ! ” said she, bitterly; “ but now, ” said she, going to the door, and dragging in a small pallaise, over which she had spread linen cloths wet with cold water, “ try, my poor fellow, to roll yourself on to this. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • 'Pakya!' ' Krishna, I was going home. ' ' Those guys dragged me here. ' (Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha)