Commentary: DRAG[+force][+physical][+resistance][+motion]
Examples:
This wing design is intended to reduce drag when the airplane is flying.
A rough hull will add some drag to a sailboat.
The drag of the current slowed the rowers' progress during the race.
Mappings:
PropBank: drag.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: DRAG[+force][+abstract][+hindrance]
Examples:
Her husband's drinking problem had become a drag on Mary's career.
They worry that a growing deficit could become a drag on the economy.
This cold has been a drag on my energy.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: DRAG[+quality][+boring]
Examples:
Johnny thinks studying is a drag.
The quiet kid was not at all the drag we thought he'd be at parties.
It was such a drag to spend another evening watching home videos of their family vacations.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: DRAG[+entity][+artifact][+clothing][+costume]
NOTE: usually implies dress of the opposite sex (not always though)
Examples:
You'll see some guys in drag on Castro Street in San Francisco.
They went to the costume ball in Victorian drag.
The actress always dressed in drag as a young tenor.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: DRAG[+action][+inhalation][+puff][+smoke]
Examples:
Mary took another drag off her cigarette.
John felt suddenly serene after several drags from the joint.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: DRAG[+action][+pulling][+object]
Examples:
The body's drag from the kitchen to the garden left bloody tracks on the floor.
Her drag of the log out of the driveway exhausted her.
Mappings:
PropBank: drag.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: DRAG[+entity][+structure][+street]
NOTE: informal usage
Examples:
This is the main drag through town.
The teenagers had a drag race on Saturday night.
That was the old drag before they built the new shopping center.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 5a
Commentary: DRAG[+entity][+artifact][+device][+conveyance]
Examples:
The farmer smoothed the tilled furrows with a drag.
The boat appeared to be pulling some sort of large drag through the water.
They use a drag to dredge this harbor.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: DRAG[+entity][+artifact][+lure][+hunting]
Examples:
We laid a drag through the fields for the children's 'fox hunt'.
The hounds happily followed the drag as though it were actually a wild animal.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 8
Commentary: DRAG[+quality][+ability][+persuasive]
Examples:
He's got the education but not the drag.
Without drag, you shouldn't enter politics.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: DRAG[+form][+musical][+pattern][+drumming]
Examples:
John's drum instructor showed him a new drag.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 9