| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette: draw, puff, pull. Slang : hit. See BREATH. 2. The act of drawing or pulling a load: draft, draw, haul, pull, traction. See PUSH. | | VERB: | 1. To advance slowly: crawl, creep, inch. See FAST. 2. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one's feet (or heels) , mark time, take one's time. See FAST. 3. To exert force so as to move (something) toward the source of the force: draw, haul, pull, tow, tug. See PUSH. 4. To hang or cause to hang down and be pulled along behind: draggle, trail, train. See HANG.
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