Third-person singular simple present indicative form of make baby Jesus cry

(obsolete) To hang or be suspended over (something); to overhang. / (intransitive) Figuratively to hang over (someone) as a threat or danger.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, in. / (transitive) To get into a course of action by forceful means.

Describing a mode of swimming by fish in which most of the propulsion is provided by the tail but some is provided by movements of the body