The difference between Drag and Read

When used as nouns, drag means resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it, whereas read means a reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.

When used as verbs, drag means to pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty, whereas read means to look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

check bellow for the other definitions of Drag and Read

  1. Drag as a noun (uncountable):

    Resistance of the air (or some other fluid) to something moving through it.

    Examples:

    "When designing cars, manufacturers have to take drag into consideration."

  2. Drag as a noun (countable, foundry):

    The bottom part of a sand casting mold.

  3. Drag as a noun (countable):

    A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

  4. Drag as a noun (countable, informal):

    A puff on a cigarette or joint.

  5. Drag as a noun (countable, slang):

    Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

    Examples:

    "Travelling to work in the rush hour is a real drag."

  6. Drag as a noun (countable, slang):

    A type of horse-drawn carriage.

  7. Drag as a noun (countable, slang):

    Street, as in 'main drag'.

  8. Drag as a noun (countable):

    The scent-path left by dragging a fox, for training hounds to follow scents.

    Examples:

    "to run a drag"

  9. Drag as a noun (countable, snooker):

    A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

  10. Drag as a noun:

    A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

  11. Drag as a noun:

    A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

    Examples:

    "a stone drag"

  12. Drag as a noun (metallurgy):

    The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.

  13. Drag as a noun (masonry):

    A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

  14. Drag as a noun (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.

  15. Drag as a noun:

    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.

  16. Drag as a noun:

    A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

  17. Drag as a noun:

    Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

  18. Drag as a noun:

    witch house music

  19. Drag as a noun:

    The last position in a line of hikers.

  20. Drag as a noun (aviation, aerodynamics):

    The act of suppressing wind flow to slow an aircraft in flight, as by use of flaps when landing.

  1. Drag as a verb (transitive):

    To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

  2. Drag as a verb (intransitive):

    To move slowly.

    Examples:

    "Time seems to drag when you’re waiting for a bus."

  3. Drag as a verb:

    To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

  4. Drag as a verb:

    To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

  5. Drag as a verb:

    To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

  6. Drag as a verb:

    To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

  7. Drag as a verb (computing):

    To move (an item) on the computer display by means of a mouse or other input device.

    Examples:

    "'Drag the file into the window to open it."

  8. Drag as a verb:

    (chiefly of a vehicle) To inadvertently rub or scrape on a surface.

    Examples:

    "The car was so low to the ground that its muffler was dragging on a speed bump."

  9. Drag as a verb (soccer):

    To hit or kick off target.

  10. Drag as a verb:

    To fish with a dragnet.

  11. Drag as a verb:

    To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

  12. Drag as a verb:

    To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

  13. Drag as a verb (figurative):

    To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

  14. Drag as a verb (slang):

    To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).

    Examples:

    "You just drag him 'cause he's got more money than you."

  1. Drag as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

    Examples:

    "He performed in drag."

  2. Drag as a noun (uncountable, slang):

    Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

    Examples:

    "corporate drag"

  1. Drag as a verb:

    To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

  1. Read as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

    To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

    Examples:

    "have you read this book?; he doesn’t like to read'"

    "synonyms: interpret make out make sense of understand scan"

  2. Read as a verb (transitive, or, intransitive):

    To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.

    Examples:

    "He read us a passage from his new book."

    "All right, class, who wants to read next?"

    "synonyms: read [[aloud]], [[read out]], read [[out loud]], [[speak]]"

  3. Read as a verb (transitive):

    To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.

    Examples:

    "She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water."

    "I can read his feelings in his face."

  4. Read as a verb:

    To consist of certain text.

    Examples:

    "On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance"."

    "The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts."

  5. Read as a verb (intransitive):

    Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

    Examples:

    "Arabic reads right to left."

    "That sentence reads strangely."

  6. Read as a verb (transitive):

    To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); .

  7. Read as a verb (informal, usually, ironic):

    .

  8. Read as a verb (transitive, telecommunications):

    To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

    Examples:

    "Do you read me?"

    "synonyms: copy hear receive"

  9. Read as a verb (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland):

    To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

    Examples:

    "I am reading theology at university."

    "synonyms: learn study look up"

  10. Read as a verb (computing, transitive):

    To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).

    Examples:

    "to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard"

  11. Read as a verb (obsolete):

    To think, believe; to consider (that).

  12. Read as a verb (obsolete):

    To advise; to counsel. See .

  13. Read as a verb (obsolete):

    To tell; to declare; to recite.

  14. Read as a verb (transitive):

    To recognise (someone) as being transgender.

    Examples:

    "Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me."

    "ant pass"

  15. Read as a verb (at first especially in the black, _, LGBT, _, community):

    To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

  16. Read as a verb:

  17. Read as a verb:

  1. Read as a noun:

    A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.

  2. Read as a noun (in combination):

    Something to be read; a written work.

    Examples:

    "His thrillers are always a gripping read."

  3. Read as a noun (at first especially in the black, _, LGBT, _, community):

    An instance of .

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