sich ziehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• drag verb To pull something heavy along a surface, often with effort.
• protract verb To lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.

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 lengthen something, particularly to make it last longer in time.
2. verb To make use of a protractor.
3. verb To draw something to scale, marking out its lines and angles using a scale and protractor; to plot it.
4. verb To postpone something until a later time.

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