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Ragged Common

Ragged has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of rag

"After she rags the stain, you can see that her hands are now stained from cleaning up the spilled red wine."

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"

4

In tatters, having the texture broken.

"After weeks of hiking through sharp rocks, his boots were worn down to ragged soles that offered little protection against the trail."

Example Sentences
"clothes as ragged as a scarecrow's" adjective
"a ragged tramp" adjective
"run ragged" adjective
"text set with ragged right margins" adjective
"herded the class into a ragged line" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ged aged luged urged egged waged raged edged paged caged unaged nagged bogged fagged jagged hagged lodged wigged hedged fudged
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