Costume vs. Drag

Costume is the distinctive style of dress or cosmetic of an individual or group that reflects class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality, activity or epoch. In short costume is a cultural visual of the people.

pull (someone or something) along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty

A style of dress, including garments, accessories, and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period, or people.

(of time) pass slowly and tediously

An outfit or a disguise worn on Mardi Gras, Halloween, or similar occasions.

the action of pulling something forcefully or with difficulty

A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

a boring or tiresome person or thing

To put a costume on; dress.

an act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette

To design or furnish costumes for.

clothing more conventionally worn by the opposite sex, especially women's clothes worn by a man

A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

a street or road

An outfit or a disguise worn as fancy dress etc.

a thing that is pulled along the ground or through water.

A set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season.

a strong-smelling lure drawn before hounds as a substitute for a fox.

To dress or adorn with a costume or appropriate garb.

influence over other people

Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

one of the basic patterns (rudiments) of drumming, consisting of a stroke preceded by two grace notes usually played with the other stick.

Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.

short for drag race

A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.

a private vehicle like a stagecoach, drawn by four horses.

the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball;

To pull along with difficulty or effort; haul

unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place;

To cause to trail along a surface, especially the ground

the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)

To move (a pointing device, such as a mouse) while pressing down on one of its buttons.

the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class;

To move (an element of a graphical display) on a computer screen using a pointing device.

dress in a costume;

To cause to move with great effort

furnish with costumes; as for a film or play

To take or escort (a person, for example), especially in overcoming resistance or reluctance

To cause to be involved in an unpleasant or difficult situation

To force or bring out with great effort

To mention or introduce (an unpleasant or tedious subject)

To search or sweep the bottom of (a body of water), as with a grappling hook or dragnet

To bring up or catch by such means.

To prolong tediously

(Baseball) To hit (a bunt) while taking the first steps toward first base.

To break up, rake, or smooth out (land or dirt), especially by pulling a drag or heavy mesh

(Informal) To humiliate or shame publicly, especially on social media

To trail along the ground

To move slowly or with effort

To pass or proceed slowly, tediously, or laboriously

To search or dredge the bottom of a body of water

To take part in a drag race.

To draw on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.

Something, such as a harrow or an implement for spreading manure, that is dragged along the ground.

A device, such as a grappling hook, that is used for dragging under water.

A heavy sledge or cart for hauling loads.

A large four-horse coach with seats inside and on top.

Something, such as a sea anchor or a brake on a fishing reel, that retards motion.

One that impedes or slows progress; a drawback or burden

The degree of resistance involved in dragging or hauling.

The retarding force exerted on a moving body by a fluid medium such as air or water.

The act of dragging, especially a slow, laborious movement.

The scent or trail of a fox or another animal.

Something that provides an artificial scent.

(Slang) One that is obnoxiously tiresome

A puff on a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.

(Slang) A street or road

The clothing characteristic of one sex when worn by a member of the opposite sex

Of, relating to, or being a person wearing clothing characteristic of the opposite sex

of a fluid to something moving through it.

(by analogy with above) Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.

The bottom part of a sand casting mold.

(countable) A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.

A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.

A double drum-stroke played at twice the speed of the context in which it is placed.

A puff on a cigarette or joint.

Someone or something that is annoying or frustrating, or disappointing; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.

A long open horse-drawn carriage with transverse or side seats.

Street, as in 'main drag'.

(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.

A large amount of backspin on the cue ball, causing the cue ball to slow down.

A heavy harrow for breaking up ground.

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy objects; also, a kind of low car or handcart.

(metallurgy) The bottom part of a flask or mould, the upper part being the cope.

(masonry) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

(nautical) The difference between the speed of a screw steamer under sail and that of the screw when the ship outruns the screw; or between the propulsive effects of the different floats of a paddle wheel.

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; especially, a canvas bag with a hooped mouth (drag sail), so used.

A pulled load.

A skid or shoe for retarding the motion of a carriage wheel.

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

Witch house music.

The last position in a line of hikers.

(billiards) A push somewhat under the centre of the cue ball, causing it to follow the object ball a short way.

A device for guiding wood to the saw.

(historical) A mailcoach.

(slang) A prison sentence of three months.

Women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment.

Men's clothing worn by women for the purpose of entertainment.

A men's party attended in women's clothing.

Any type of clothing or costume associated with a particular occupation or subculture.

(transitive) To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.

To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

(graphical user interface) To operate a pointing device by moving it with a button held down; to move, copy, etc. (an item) in this way.

(chiefly of a vehicle) To unintentionally rub or scrape on a surface.

(soccer) To hit or kick off target.

To fish with a dragnet.

To search for something, as a lost object or body, by dragging something along the bottom of a body of water.

To break (land) by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow.

(figurative) To search exhaustively, as if with a dragnet.

(slang) To roast, say negative things about, or call attention to the flaws of (someone).

To play at a slower tempo than one is supposed to or than the other musicians one is playing with, or to inadvertently gradually decrease tempo while one is playing.

To perform as a drag queen or drag king.

A confection; a comfit; a drug.

The act of dragging; anything which is dragged.

A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc.

A kind of sledge for conveying heavy bodies; also, a kind of low car or handcart; as, a stone drag.

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage.

A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground.

Anything towed in the water to retard a ship's progress, or to keep her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).

Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.

The bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope.

A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; - applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing.

To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag.

To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold.

To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly.

To serve as a clog or hindrance; to hold back.

To fish with a dragnet.

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);

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 a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu;

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;

proceed for an extended period of time;