What is the meaning of dragging?

verb

• Pull, as against a resistance.
  • usage: "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him"
  • synonyms: drag
• Draw slowly or heavily.
  • usage: "haul stones"; "haul nets"
  • synonyms: haul, hale, cart, drag
• Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.
  • usage: "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
  • synonyms: embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
• Move slowly and as if with great effort.
  • synonyms: drag
• To lag or linger behind.
  • usage: "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
  • synonyms: drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
• Suck in or take (air. )
  • usage: "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
  • synonyms: puff, drag, draw
• Use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu.
  • usage: "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen"
  • synonyms: drag
• Walk without lifting the feet.
  • synonyms: scuff, drag
• Search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost.
  • synonyms: dredge, drag
• Persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting.
  • usage: "He dragged me away from the television set"
  • synonyms: drag
• Proceed for an extended period of time.
  • usage: "The speech dragged on for two hours"
  • synonyms: drag, drag on, drag out

adjective

• Marked by a painfully slow and effortful manner.
  • usage: "it was a strange dragging approach"; "years of dragging war"