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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rag \Rag\ (r[a^]g), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ragged} (r[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ragging} (r[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] To become tattered. [Obs.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ragged \Rag"ged\ (r[a^]g"g[e^]d), adjective [From {Rag}, noun]
1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken; as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
2. Broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough; jagged; as, ragged rocks.
3. Hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. [R.] ''A ragged noise of mirth.'' --Herbert.
4. Wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --Dryden.
{Ragged lady} (Bot.), the fennel flower ({Nigella Damascena}).
{Ragged robin} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Lychnis} ({Lychnis Flos-cuculi}), cultivated for its handsome flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.
{Ragged sailor} (Bot.), prince's feather ({Polygonum orientale}).
{Ragged school}, a free school for poor children, where they are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first because they came in their common clothing. [Eng.] -- {Rag"ged*ly}, adverb -- {Rag"ged*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ragged
adjective
1: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
2: worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
3: having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rag
noun
1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: {shred}, {tag}, {tag end}, {tatter}]
2: a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities [syn: {rag week}]
3: music with a syncopated melody (usually for the piano) [syn: {ragtime}]
4: newspaper with half-size pages [syn: {tabloid}, {sheet}]
5: a boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)
verb
1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: {torment}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {dun}, {frustrate}]
2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {get to}, {bother}, {get at}, {irritate}, {rile}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {chafe}, {devil}]
3: play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
4: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: {tease}, {razz}, {cod}, {tantalize}, {tantalise}, {bait}, {taunt}, {twit}, {rally}, {ride}]
5: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
6: break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" [also: {ragging}, {ragged}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ragged See {rag}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
220 Moby Thesaurus words for "ragged": all in, bad, badgered, baited, battered, beat-up, bedeviled, bedraggled, beset, blowzy, brassy, brazen, broken-down, bugged, bullyragged, capricious, careless, changeable, changing, chintzy, chivied, choked, choppy, cleft, cloven, coarse, corrugated, cracked, cragged, craggy, crinkled, croaking, croaky, crumpled, cut, deteriorated, deviating, deviative, deviatory, deviled, different, dilapidated, discordant, disordered, disorderly, divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dog-tired, dogged, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, dry, erose, erratic, exhausted, fagged out, fatigued, frayed, frazzled, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, full of holes, grating, gravelly, grubby, gruff, guttural, harassed, harried, harsh, harsh-sounding, heckled, hectored, hoarse, holey, hounded, husky, imperfect, impulsive, in pieces, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, inconsistent, inconstant, informal, ironbound, irregular, jagged, jaggy, jerky, lacerate, lacerated, loose, lumpen, mangled, mercurial, messy, metallic, motley, mussy, mutable, mutilated, needled, neglected, negligent, nicked, nipped at, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, notched, patchy, persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, pluralistic, poky, pooped out, poor, quartered, raggedy, rasping, ratty, raucid, raucous, rent, ridged, ripped, riven, rockbound, rocky, rough, roupy, rude, rugged, rugose, rugous, ruinous, run-down, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, scratchy, scruffy, seedy, serrate, serrated, severed, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, shredded, slack, slatternly, slipshod, slit, sloppy, slovenly, sluttish, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, sordid, spasmodic, spent, splintered, split, sporadic, squalid, squawking, squawky, stertorous, stony, strangled, tacky, tattered, tatty, teased, thick, threadbare, throaty, tinny, tired, toothed, tormented, torn, unequable, unequal, uneven, unkempt, unneat, unorthodox, unsightly, unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, untidy, ununiform, variable, variegated, variform, various, varying, wavering, weary, worn out, worried, wrinkled, zigzag
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