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rag·ged

(răg′ĭd)

adj.

1. Tattered, frayed, or torn: ragged clothes.

2. Dressed in tattered or threadbare clothes: a ragged scarecrow.

3. Unkempt or shaggy: ragged hair.

4. Having an irregular surface or edge; uneven or jagged in outline: a column of text set with a ragged right margin.

5. Imperfect; uneven: The actor gave a ragged performance.

6. Harsh; rasping: a ragged cough.

7. Exhausted or worn out: Don't run yourself ragged preparing for the holidays.

[Middle English, from ragge, rag; see rag¹.]

rag′ged·ly adv.

rag′ged·ness n.

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ragged

(ˈræɡɪd)

adj

1. (of clothes) worn to rags; tattered

2. (of a person) dressed in shabby tattered clothes

3. having a neglected or unkempt appearance: ragged weeds.

4. having a loose, rough, or uneven surface or edge; jagged

5. uneven or irregular: a ragged beat; a ragged shout.

[C13: probably from ragge rag¹]

ˈraggedly adv

ˈraggedness n

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rag•ged

(ˈræg ɪd)

adj.

1. clothed in tattered garments.

2. torn or worn to rags; tattered.

3. having loose or hanging shreds or fragmentary bits.

4. full of rough or sharp projections.

5. in a wild or neglected state.

6. rough, imperfect, or faulty.

7. harsh, as the voice.

rag′ged•ly, adv.

rag′ged•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	ragged - being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp" worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	ragged - worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged" tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
	3.	ragged - having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line" uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

ragged

adjective

1. tatty, worn, poor, torn, rent, faded, neglected, run-down, frayed, shabby, worn-out, seedy, scruffy, in tatters, dilapidated, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, in rags, down at heel, the worse for wear, in holes, having seen better days, scraggy I am usually happiest in ragged jeans and a t-shirt.
tatty smart, fashionable, well-dressed

2. rough, fragmented, crude, rugged, notched, irregular, unfinished, uneven, jagged, serrated She tore her tights on the ragged edge of a desk

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

ragged

adjective

1. Torn into or marked by shreds or tatters:

raggedy, tatterdemalion, tattered.

2. Having a surface that is not smooth:

coarse, cragged, craggy, harsh, ironbound, jagged, rough, rugged, scabrous, uneven.

Translations

ذو تَضاريس خَشِنَهذو ثيابٍ رَثَّهمُمَزَّق، رَث

otrhanýpotrhanýroztřepenýčlenitýdrsný

lasetruujævn

zackig zerfetzt zerlumpt

andrajoso harapiento irregular roto deshilachado

déchiqueté déguenillé

szakadozott

rifinntrosnaîurtuskulegur

logoro stracciato

fillet

otrhanýrozstrapkaný

hırpanîkabapürüzlüüstü başı yırtıkyırtık pırtık

破的粗糙的衣衫褴褛的

ragged

[ˈrægɪd]

A. ADJ

1. (= in tatters) [dress, clothes] → andrajoso, hecho jirones; [person] → andrajoso, harapiento; [cuff] → deshilachado
to run sb ragged → hacer sudar tinta or la gota gorda a algn
they ran themselves ragged → sudaron tinta or la gota gorda

2. (= untidy) [beard] → descuidado, desgreñado; [animal's coat] → desgreñado

3. (= uneven) [edge] → mellado, irregular; [rock] → recortado; [hole, line] → irregular; [coastline] → accidentado, recortado
ragged clouds → jirones mpl de nubes

4. (= disorganized) [performance] → desigual, irregular; [queue] → desordenado; [line, procession] → confuso, desordenado
a ragged band of men → un grupo desordenado de hombres
the orchestra sounded rather ragged in places → la orquesta tocaba de forma algo irregular en algunas partes

5. (Typ) ragged left → margen m izquierdo irregular
ragged right → margen derecho irregular

B. CPD ragged robin N (Bot) → flor f del cuclillo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ragged

[ˈrægɪd] adj

(= uneven) [edge] → irrégulier/ière; [beard] → mal taillé(e); [line] → irrégulier/ière

(= tatty) [person] → déguenillé(e); [clothes] → loqueteux/euse; [cuff] → effiloché(e); [appearance] → déguenillé(e)
to run sb ragged → épuiser qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ragged

adj person, clothes → zerlumpt, abgerissen; beard, hair → zottig, strähnig; animal’s coat → zottig; coastline, rocks, hole → zerklüftet; wound → schartig, zerfetzt; edge, cuff → ausgefranst; (fig) performance, singing → stümperhaft; to run somebody ragged (inf: = exhaust) → jdn fertigmachen (inf); to run oneself ragged (inf) → sich selbst ganz fertig- or kaputtmachen or fix und fertig machen (inf); on the ragged edge (US fig) → gefährlich nah am Rande (des Abgrunds); ragged right (Typ) → Flattersatz m; to set something ragged left/right (Typ) → etw rechts-/linksbündig setzen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ragged

[ˈrægɪd] adj (dress) → stracciato/a; (cuff) → logoro/a; (person) → lacero/a, cencioso/a; (edge) → irregolare

rag

(rӕg) noun

a piece of old, torn or worn cloth. I'll polish my bike with this old rag.

ˈragged (ˈrӕgid) adjective

1. dressed in old, worn or torn clothing. a ragged beggar.

2. torn. ragged clothes.

3. rough or uneven; not straight or smooth. a ragged edge.

ˈraggedly adverb

ˈraggedness noun

rags noun plural

old, worn or torn clothes. The beggar was dressed in rags.

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And here are aged Moors with flowing white beards and long white robes with vast cowls; and Bedouins with long, cowled, striped cloaks; and Negroes and Riffians with heads clean-shaven except a kinky scalp lock back of the ear or, rather, upon the after corner of the skull; and all sorts of barbarians in all sorts of weird costumes, and all more or less ragged. And here are Moorish women who are enveloped from head to foot in coarse white robes, and whose sex can only be determined by the fact that they only leave one eye visible and never look at men of their own race, or are looked at by them in public.

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He was an uncouth fellow, ragged and dirty and unshaven.

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In half an hour we came upon a group of ragged poor creatures who had assembled to mend the thing which was regarded as a road.

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He was a ragged, half-naked Indian hunter, armed with bow and arrows, and had the carcass of a fine buck thrown across his shoulder.

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The father--he is called Gorshkov--is a little grey-headed tchinovnik who, seven years ago, was dismissed from public service, and now walks about in a coat so dirty and ragged that it hurts one to see it.

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I would go out into the streets to fight with my delusion, and prowling women would mew after me; furtive, craving men glance jealously at me; weary, pale workers go coughing by me with tired eyes and eager paces, like wounded deer dripping blood; old people, bent and dull, pass murmuring to themselves; and, all unheeding, a ragged tail of gibing children.

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Strickland was a weird figure as he lay there, thinner than ever, with his ragged red beard and his eyes staring feverishly into vacancy; his illness seemed to have made them larger, and they had an unnatural brightness.

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On the miserable bed lay a gray-headed old man of gigantic stature, with nothing on him but a ragged shirt and a pair of patched, filthy trousers.