• a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
• A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.
• A similar inflated bag used in performing stunts, etc.
• A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.
• To run a process that collects fragments of files and sorts them into contiguous sections on one or more hard disks or hard disk partitions, thus speeding up file management.
• (climbing) A poor climber, alpinist, skier or other outdoorsman who lives cheaply, without normal employment, and with few amenities in order to spend as much time on their sport as possible. Used praisingly.
• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid
• something that slows or delays progress
• something tedious and boring
• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)
• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)
• the act of dragging (pulling with force)
verb
• pull, as against a resistance
• draw slowly or heavily
• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
• move slowly and as if with great effort
• to lag or linger behind
• suck in or take (air)
• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it
• walk without lifting the feet
• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost
• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting
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