sich ziehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• drag verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
• protract verb To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

Senses

sich ziehen is used for these senses in English:

• drag To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.
• protract To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.

drag — full definition

1. verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
2. noun A resisting force that slows down something moving through air or liquid.
3. noun Something tedious or annoying.
4. noun Elaborate, exaggerated clothing of the opposite gender worn for performance, especially by drag queens and kings.
5. verb To insult or criticize someone sharply, often publicly (informal).

protract — full definition

1. verb To draw out; to extend, especially in duration.
2. verb To use a protractor.
3. verb To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
4. verb To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer.

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