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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAG'GED, a. [from rag.]
1. Rent or worn into tatters, or till its texture is broken; as a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
2. Broken with rough edges; uneven; as a ragged rock.
3. Having the appearance of being broken or torn; jagged; rough with sharp or irregular points.
The moon appears, when looked upon through a good glass, rude and ragged.
4. Wearing tattered clothes; as a ragged fellow.
5. Rough; rugged.
What shepherd owns those ragged sheep?

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
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"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. roughly unkempt 2. having an irregular edge or outline 3. a. torn or worn to tatters b. worn-out from stress and strain <ran herself ragged> 4. wearing tattered clothes 5. a. straggly b. executed in an irregular or uneven manner c. of a sound harsh, dissonant • raggedly adverb • raggedness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of clothes etc.) torn; frayed. 2 rough; shaggy; hanging in tufts. 3 (of a person) in ragged clothes. 4 with a broken or jagged outline or surface. 5 faulty; imperfect. 6 lacking finish, smoothness, or uniformity (ragged rhymes). 7 exhausted (esp. be run ragged). Phrases and idioms: ragged robin a pink-flowered campion, Lychnis flos-cuculi, with tattered petals. Derivatives: raggedly adv. raggedness n. raggedy adj. Etymology: ME f. ON roggvathr tufted

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rag Rag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ragged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ragging.] To become tattered. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ragged Rag"ged, a. [From Rag, n.] 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 (L. 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, adv. -- Rag"ged*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Someone who is ragged looks untidy and is wearing clothes that are old and torn. The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted. ADJ • raggedly ...raggedly dressed children. ADV: ADV -ed 2. Ragged clothes are old and torn. ADJ 3. You can say that something is ragged when it is untidy or uneven. O'Brien formed the men into a ragged line. = uneven ADJ • raggedly Some people tried to sing, but their voices soon died raggedly away. ADV: ADV after v, ADV -ed

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Tattered, torn, rent. 2. Dressed in rags, contemptible, shabby, poor, mean. 3. Uneven, jagged, rough. 4. Rough, rugged, shaggy. 5. Rough, unmusical, dissonant, inharmonious, discordant.

Moby Thesaurus

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