traîner

Meaning

1. to pull, drag
2. to bring (something bad)
3. to suffer (from), to linger
4. to drag along
5. to lag behind, to trail
6. to lie about, sit around; to hang around
7. to drag on
8. to drag oneself, crawl along

Concepts

drag

pull

trail

tow

loiter

drag along

draw

haul

hang

hang around

lie about

lag

knock around

prowl

putter

lug

tug

drag out

potter

mooch about

drudge

dally

dawdle

hang about

lag behind

lie around

aimless wandering

loiteringly

inconclusive but unwanted situation

loose

trailingly

roam about

wander about

wander aimlessly

heave

hale

sweep along

schlep

pulled

traipse

trudge

puff

drop back

drop behind

get behind

hang back

hang out

lurk

pull out

force

tote

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʁɛ.ne/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French traïner, from Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre, from *tragere (see traire), from Latin trahere (“to pull”). Compare Italian trascinare, Catalan traginar, Spanish trajinar.