Past tense of drag
regular verb
The past tense of drag is dragged. The past participle is also dragged.
Forms of drag
| Base form (V1) | drag /dɹæɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | dragged /dɹæɡd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | dragged /dɹæɡd/ |
| Present participle | dragging /ˈdɹæɡɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | drags /dɹæɡz/ |
Less standard forms: drug (dialectal).
Dragged in a sentence
- The misbehaving child was dragged out of the classroom.
- Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.2012, David Ornstein, BBC Sport, "Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355, November 17
- The floating toolbar will snap to the edge of the screen when dragged towards it.From the entry snap
- We were out all night boozing until we dragged ourselves home hung over.From the entry booze
- It had rained for three days straight, and the dreary weather dragged the townspeople's spirits down.From the entry dreary
Meaning of drag
- noun Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it.
- noun Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object.
- noun A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing.
Questions about the past tense of drag
- What is the past tense of drag?
- The past tense of drag is dragged.
- What is the past participle of drag?
- The past participle of drag is dragged.
- Is drag a regular or irregular verb?
- Drag is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
- Is drug correct?
- drug is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of drag is dragged.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: drag (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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